Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of steroid versus methotrexate as first-line monotherapy in the management of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis

• Serene Si Ning Goh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: serene_sn_goh@nuhs.edu.sg

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, National University Hospital and National University Health System, Singapore, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4916-2142

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• Peter Cheung,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore

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• Sen Hee Tay,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Rheumatology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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• Margaret Ma,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Rheumatology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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• Thomas Choudary Putti,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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• Bee Choo Tai,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore

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• Karen Kaye Casida,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, National University Hospital and National University Health System, Singapore

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• Zhi Hua Chua,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore

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• Ying Jia Chew,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore

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• Nur Khaliesah Binte Mohamed Riza,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore

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• Jenny Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore

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• Mikael Hartman

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, National University Hospital and National University Health System, Singapore, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore

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