Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 1-16 , February 2008

Benign vascular tumors and tumor-like proliferations

  • Sachiv Sheth, MD
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  • Chi K. Lai, MD, FRCPC
    • ,
  • Sarah Dry, MD
    • ,
  • Scott Binder, MD
    • ,
  • Michael C. Fishbein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Michael C. Fishbein, MD, Piansky Professor of Pathology and Medicine, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, CHS A7-149, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1732.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2007.10.001

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 1-16 , February 2008

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