Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 62-68 , February 2010

The origins of early breast carcinoma

  • Tibor Tot, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Tibor Tot, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology and Clinical Cytology, Central Hospital Falun, S791 82 Falun, Sweden

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doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2009.12.002

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 62-68 , February 2010

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