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Chapter 19 - ♀ Mesenchymal Tumors of the Female Genital Tract

from Section 4 - Kidney Tumors and Neoplasms with Similar Features in the Gynecologic Tract

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2019

By
Sigurd F. Lax
Edited by
Maria Rosaria Raspollini  and
Antonio Lopez-Beltran
Maria Rosaria Raspollini
Affiliation:
University Hospital Careggi, Florence
Antonio Lopez-Beltran
Affiliation:
Cordoba University Medical School
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Gynecologic and Urologic Pathology
Similarities, Differences and Challenges
 , pp. 213 - 230
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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