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Arm Morbidity after Breast-conserving Therapy for Breast Cancer

Ingrid Tengrup Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Malmö, 20502 Malmö, SE-Sweden
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Lena Tennvall-Nittby Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Malmö, 20502 Malmö, SE-Sweden
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Inger Christiansson Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Malmö, 20502 Malmö, SE-Sweden
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Marianne Laurin Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Malmö, 20502 Malmö, SE-Sweden
Pages 393-397 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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