Telepathology: Clinical utility and methodology
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This is a modified version of a review article by the same name and authors published in Recent Advances in Histopathology 18 (Edited by DG Lowe, JCE Underwood 1999, Churchill Livingstone, London ISBN 0-443-06036-3) Similar copyright restrictions apply. This article may not be copied, reproduced or distributed in whole or in part in any way, shape or form, electronic or otherwise. Please direct all enquiries to Dr Joel Leong
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