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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">143</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics – International Edition</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">RCPP</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">1011-6583</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2945-1922</issn>
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        <publisher-name>PHARMAKON-Press</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.61873/XVQY6568</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">34849</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Clinical Study</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Gynecomastia treatment with tamoxifen or tamoxifen followed by letrozole: prototype clinical study</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Zervoudis</surname>
            <given-names>Stefanos</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3835-3050</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Iatrakis</surname>
            <given-names>George</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8958-1248</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Tsikouras</surname>
            <given-names>Panagiotis</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9495-4424</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Peitsidis</surname>
            <given-names>Panagiotis</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Sarella</surname>
            <given-names>Angeliki</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Ampatzis</surname>
            <given-names>Christos</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A4">4</xref>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Rea Maternity Hospital: Breast Unit, Athens, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>Rea Maternity Hospital: Breast Unit</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Athens</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Department of University of West Attica, Athens, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>Department of University of West Attica</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Athens</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A3">
        <label>3</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>University Hospital of Alexandroupolis</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Alexandroupolis</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A4">
        <label>4</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">“St Andrew” General Hospital of Patras, Patra, Greece</addr-line>
        <institution>“St Andrew” General Hospital of Patras</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Patra</addr-line>
        <country>Greece</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>21</day>
        <month>05</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>38</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>99</fpage>
      <lpage>106</lpage>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Stefanos Zervoudis, George Iatrakis, Panagiotis Tsikouras, Panagiotis Peitsidis, Angeliki Sarella, Christos Ampatzis</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>Gynecomastia is very common cause of a patient’s visit to a mastology office. Gynecomastia is experienced in up to 70% of mid-puberty males and in up to 65% of middle-aged men. The treatment starts with the identification of the cause, but in most cases the patient is treated with tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors, liposuction or surgery. Τreatment of gynecomastia is not well standarized. In our prospective study, we examined the use of tamoxifen followed by letrozole and a clinically important reduction was achieved, when compared with those who were treated only with tamoxifen. Further research needs to be conducted in order to confirm this promising protocol.</p>
      </abstract>
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