Hemangioendotheliomas, angiosarcomas, and Kaposi’s sarcoma

Modern Soft Tissue Pathology: Tumors and Non-Neoplastic Conditions

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 617-647

  Miettinen, Markku ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511781049.023     Document Type: Chapter

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