Molecular Cytogenetic Comparison of Apocrine Hyperplasia and Apocrine Carcinoma of the Breast
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Pathology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0002-9440
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63959-4