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Chapter 8 - Neuroendocrine carcinomas of the thymus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2015

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Alberto M. Marchevsky ,
Saul Suster  and
Mark R. Wick
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Alberto M. Marchevsky  and
Mark R. Wick
Alberto M. Marchevsky
Affiliation:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Saul Suster
Affiliation:
Medical College of Wisconsin
Mark R. Wick
Affiliation:
University of Virginia Health System
Alberto M. Marchevsky
Affiliation:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Mark R. Wick
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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Pathology of the Mediastinum , pp. 131 - 145
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2000

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