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Nipple discharge

Sasha Mazzarello and Angel Arnaout
CMAJ May 19, 2015 187 (8) 599; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140633
Sasha Mazzarello
Division of General Surgery (Arnaout), The Ottawa Hospital — General Campus, Ottawa, Ont.; Medical Oncology (Mazzarello), The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ont.
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Angel Arnaout
Division of General Surgery (Arnaout), The Ottawa Hospital — General Campus, Ottawa, Ont.; Medical Oncology (Mazzarello), The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ont.
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vol. 187 no. 8 599
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https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140633
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25733736
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  • Published online May 19, 2015.

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  1. Sasha Mazzarello, BSc,
  2. Angel Arnaout, MD⇑
  1. Division of General Surgery (Arnaout), The Ottawa Hospital — General Campus, Ottawa, Ont.; Medical Oncology (Mazzarello), The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to: Angel Arnaout, anarnaout{at}toh.on.ca

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