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Chapter 36 - Cytology of soft tissue lesions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2016

By
Matjaž Šebenik  and
Živa Pohar-Marinšek
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Markku Miettinen
Markku Miettinen
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National Cancer Institute, Maryland
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Modern Soft Tissue Pathology
Tumors and Non-Neoplastic Conditions
 , pp. 975 - 1011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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