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Chapter 7 - Imprint and aspiration cytology of soft tissue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2016

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Ambrogio Fassina ,
Patrizia Dall’Igna  and
Rita Alaggio
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Pauline M. Chou ,
Paolo Gattuso ,
Vijaya B. Reddy  and
Miguel Reyes-Mugica
Pauline M. Chou
Affiliation:
Northwestern University Medical School, Illinois
Paolo Gattuso
Affiliation:
Rush University, Chicago
Vijaya B. Reddy
Affiliation:
Rush University, Chicago
Miguel Reyes-Mugica
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
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Diagnostic Pediatric Cytopathology and Histopathologic Correlation , pp. 173 - 202
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