Fine needle aspiration cytology of cervical spinal meningioma presenting as a subcutaneous mass
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0387-1193,1882-7233
DOI: 10.5795/jjscc.52.41