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                                                                                    <journal-title>Balıkesir Medical Journal</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2564-6664</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Balıkesir Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.33716/bmedj.1743808</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Clinical Sciences (Other)</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Klinik Tıp Bilimleri (Diğer)</subject>
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                                                                                                                                                            <article-title>Çocuklarda Meme Kitleleri: Tanı ve Yönetim Stratejileri</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9134-9800</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Şahin</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ahmet Hikmet</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>BALIKESİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2567-5317</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Duran</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ali</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>BALIKESİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260430">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
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                                        <volume>10</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>46</fpage>
                                        <lpage>48</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250716">
                        <day>07</day>
                        <month>16</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260317">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>17</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2017, Balıkesir Medical Journal</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Balıkesir Medical Journal</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                        <abstract><p>Çocuklarda ve ergenlerde meme kitleleri, yetişkinlerden farklı bir klinik spektrum sergiler. Bu yaş grubunda meme kitlelerinin büyük çoğunluğu benign olup, malign lezyonlar oldukça nadirdir. Çocuklarda meme dokusunun gelişimsel özellikleri, hormonal değişiklikler ve pediatrik meme patolojilerinin doğası, tanı ve tedavi yaklaşımlarını yetişkinlerden ayırır.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>  meme</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  kitle</kwd>
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