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Chapter 12 - Tumors of the female genital system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2015

By
Adhemar Longatto Filho ,
Sigurd F. Lax  and
Bin Yang
Edited by
John M. S. Bartlett ,
Abeer Shaaban  and
Fernando Schmitt
John M. S. Bartlett
Affiliation:
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto
Abeer Shaaban
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Fernando Schmitt
Affiliation:
University of Porto
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Molecular Pathology
A Practical Guide for the Surgical Pathologist and Cytopathologist
 , pp. 174 - 188
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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