Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of metastatic malignant melanoma resembling a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
β Scribed by Svetoslav Bardarov; Claire W. Michael; David Lucas; Yijun Pang; Robert T. Pu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
- DOI
- 10.1002/dc.20893
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