Clinical Significance and Pathologic Outcomes of Coarse Heterogeneous Calcifications Detected on a Mammography
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Lim, Hyun-Ju
(Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine)
Cho, Kyu-Ran (Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine) Seo, Bo-Kyung (Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine) Woo, Ok-Hee (Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine) Hwang, Kyu-Won (Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine) Oh, Yu-Whan (Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine) Bae, Jeoung-Won (Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine) Park, Kyung-Hwa (Department of Oncology, Korea University College of Medicine) |
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