Cytogenetic tetraclonality in a rare spindle cell variant of an anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid
✍ Scribed by Silvia Bol; Gazanfer Belge; Brita Thode; Ulrich Bonk; Sabine Bartnitzke; Jörn Bullerdiek
- Book ID
- 114134992
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-4608
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