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Chapter 23 - Endocrine lesions in the mammary gland

from Section III - Anatomical endocrine pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

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Tadao Nakazawa  and
Tetsuo Kondo
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Ozgur Mete  and
Sylvia L. Asa
Ozgur Mete
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University of Toronto
Sylvia L. Asa
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University of Toronto
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Endocrine Pathology , pp. 858 - 867
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2000

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