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Chapter 25 - The gynecological tract: neuroendocrine tumors and ovarian tumors with endocrine association

from Section III - Anatomical endocrine pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

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Marjan Rouzbahman  and
Blaise Clarke
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Endocrine Pathology , pp. 892 - 913
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