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Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: Do We Really Regard it as a Surgical Disease Anymore?

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  1. Breast & Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, Pendik, Istanbul, 34899, Turkey

    Bahadir M. Gulluoglu

  2. Department of Breast Surgery, SENATURK (Turkish Academy of Breast Sciences), Kadikoy, Istanbul, 34710, Turkey

    Bahadir M. Gulluoglu

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Gulluoglu, B.M. Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: Do We Really Regard it as a Surgical Disease Anymore?. World J Surg 39, 2724–2725 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-015-3185-3

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