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Protocol for the examination of specimens from patients with neuroendocrine tumors (carcinoid tumors) of the stomach.
Authors Kay Washington, MD, PhD, FCAP* Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Laura H. Tang, MD, PhD, FCAP† Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Jordan Berlin, MD Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Philip Branton, MD, FCAP Department of Pathology, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1956
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(195607/08)9:4<698::aid-cncr2820090412>3.0.co;2-i