Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 128-139 , May 2003

Splenic vascular tumors

  • Jeffery L Kutok, MD,PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Christopher D.M Fletcher, MD, FRCPath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Christopher D.M. Fletcher, MD, FRCPath, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA

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Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 128-139 , May 2003

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