Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 218-227 , October 2007

Percutaneous Breast Biopsy: Emerging Techniques and Continuing Controversies

  • Liane E. Philpotts, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Liane E. Philpotts, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208042, New Haven, CT 06520-8042.

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doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2007.07.001

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 218-227 , October 2007

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