Cytopathological findings of proliferating pilomatricoma misdiagnosed as a malignant parotid gland tumor
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostic Pathology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1746-1596
DOI: 10.1186/s13000-018-0738-4