The 2009 version of the cancer protocols of the College of American Pathologists

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-330

  Amin, Mahul B ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77749320514     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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