Juvenile fibroadenoma during pregnancy.

J Obstet Gynaecol

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and MRC/UN Pregnancy Hypertension Research Unit, University of Natal Medical School, Durban, South Africa.

Published: January 2000

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