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Chapter 17 - Morphologic alterations of serous membranes of the mediastinum in reactive and neoplastic settings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2015

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Aliya N. Husain  and
Thomas Krausz
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Alberto M. Marchevsky  and
Mark R. Wick
Aliya N. Husain
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University of Chicago
Thomas Krausz
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University of Chicago
Alberto M. Marchevsky
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Mark R. Wick
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University of Virginia
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Pathology of the Mediastinum , pp. 317 - 343
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