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Mastalgia is Not An Indication for Mammogram

Ian K. Komenaka, Jesse Nodora, Maria Elena Martinez, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Tina Wong, Anushi Shah and Daniel M. Caruso
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2022, jabfm.2022.AP.210476; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.AP.210476

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