Scientific paperSurgical morbidity after mastectomy operations☆,☆☆
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This work was supported by US Navy Grant CI-7-06-1034.
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The opinions and assertions expressed herein are private ones of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Navy Department.
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From the Department of Surgery, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.