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. 1972 May;175(5):647–656. doi: 10.1097/00000658-197205000-00004

Necrosis of the female breast complicating oral anticoagulant treatment.

C E Davis Jr, W B Wiley, R J Faulconer
PMCID: PMC1355232  PMID: 5028481

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