The diagnostic histopathology of langerhans cell histiocytosis

Histiocytic Disorders of Children and Adults

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 14-39

  Jaffe, Ronald ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511545252.003     Document Type: Chapter

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