Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 259-270 , April 2010

Image-guided breast biopsy: state-of-the-art

  • E.A.M. O'Flynn

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: E.A.M. O'Flynn, Department of Breast Radiology, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK. Tel.: +44 2032993875; fax: 02032994363.
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  • A.R.M. Wilson
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  • M.J. Michell

Received 27 June 2009 ,Revised 20 December 2009 ,Accepted 4 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.01.008

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 259-270 , April 2010

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