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Review Article| Volume 102, ISSUE 6, P1077-1087, December 2022

Management of Nipple Discharge

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    1 Present address: 852 West Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
    Rick D. Vavolizza
    Footnotes
    1 Present address: 852 West Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
    Affiliations
    University of Virginia Department of Surgery Breast and Melanoma Surgery Division, P.O. Box 80709, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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  • Lynn T. Dengel
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    Corresponding author. University of Virginia Department of Surgery Breast and Melanoma Surgery Division, P.O. Box 80709, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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    University of Virginia Department of Surgery Breast and Melanoma Surgery Division, P.O. Box 80709, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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  • Author Footnotes
    1 Present address: 852 West Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903.

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