Thymomas: A cytological and immunohistochemical study, with emphasis on lymphoid and neuroendocrine markers

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Alexiev, Borislav A ^a   Drachenberg, Cinthia B ^a   Burke, Allen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 34249080614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-2-13     Document Type: Article

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