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31. [2] Johnson KM, Bradley KA, Bush K, Gardella C, Dobie DJ, Laya MB. Frequency of mastalgia among women veterans: Association with psychiatric conditions and unexplained pain syndromes. J Gen Intern Med 2006; 21: S70-S75. [DOI:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00378.x] [PMID] [PMCID]

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34. [5] Ader D, South-Paul J, Adera T, Deuster P. Cyclical mastalgia: prevalence and associated health and behavioral factors. J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 2001; 22: 71-76. [DOI:10.3109/01674820109049956] [PMID]

35. [6] Holland PA, Gateley CA. Drug therapy of mastalgia. Drugs 1994; 48: 709-716. [DOI:10.2165/00003495-199448050-00005] [PMID]

36. [7] Akbulut H, Sağlam K, Bilgin MG, Sarı O, Bilgin S, Tufan T, et al. Breast cancer frequency among patients who applied to our outpatient department for breast pain. Turk J Fam Pract 2010; 14: 8-12. [DOI:10.2399/tahd.10.008]

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42. [13] Kontostolis E, Stefanidis K, Navrozoglou I, Lolis D. Comparison of tamoxifen with danazol for treatment of cyclical mastalgia. Gynecol Endocrinol 1997; 11: 393-397. [DOI:10.3109/09513599709152566] [PMID]

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49. [20] Rosolowich V, Saettler E, Szuck B, Lea RH, Levesque P, Weisberg F, et al. Mastalgia. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2006; 28: 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32028-X [DOI:10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32027-8]

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51. [22] Gupta P, Verma V, Gupta R, Kumar A, Singh SP, Gupta UK. Role of tamoxifen and danazol in mastalgia: prospective controlled trial. Int Surg J 2016; 3: 553-556. [DOI:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20160703]

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