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Abstract
Enlargement of the BREAST in the males, caused by an excess of ESTROGENS. Physiological gynecomastia is normally observed in NEWBORNS; ADOLESCENT; and AGING males.
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- Male Breast Enlargement
- Breast Enlargement, Male
- Enlargement, Male Breast
- Adolescent Gynecomastia
- Infant Gynecomastia
- Newborn Gynecomastia
- Gynecomastia, Adolescent
- Gynecomastia, Infant
- Gynecomastia, Newborn
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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check tags HUMANS & MALE
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Gynecomastia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006177. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006177
- Gynecomastia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynecomastia
- Gynecomastia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339221