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Chapter 20 - Pulmonary, thymic, and mediastinal neuroendocrine lesions

from Section III - Anatomical endocrine pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

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Mauro Papotti ,
Sylvie Lantuéjoul ,
Giulio Rossi  and
Marco Volante
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Ozgur Mete
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University of Toronto
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Endocrine Pathology , pp. 776 - 820
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