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Chapter 6 - Fibrous and myofibroblastic tumors and reactive lesions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

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Diana Murro  and
Vijaya B. Reddy
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Ophelia E. Dadzie  and
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Ophelia E. Dadzie
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Meera Mahalingam
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Pearls and Pitfalls in Neoplastic Dermatopathology , pp. 250 - 303
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