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Chapter 4 - Immunohistochemistry in urothelial lesions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

Antonio Lopez-Beltran ,
Rodolfo Montironi  and
Liang Cheng
Antonio Lopez-Beltran
Affiliation:
Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
Rodolfo Montironi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Ancona, Italy
Liang Cheng
Affiliation:
Indiana University School of Medicine
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Pathology of the Urinary Bladder
An Algorithmic Approach
 , pp. 187 - 196
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2000

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