Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 165-176 , November 2009

Primary frozen section diagnosis by robotic microscopy and virtual slide telepathology: the University Health Network experience

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 Reprinted with permission from Evans AJ, Chetty R, Clarke BA, et al: Primary frozen section diagnosis by robotic microscopy and virtual slide telepathology: the University Health Network experience. Hum Pathol 40:1070-1091, 2009.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2009.09.006

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 165-176 , November 2009

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