Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 31-36 , February 2010

Clinging carcinoma: an American perspective

  • Stuart J. Schnitt, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Stuart J. Schnitt, MD, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215

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PII: S0740-2570(09)00096-3

doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2009.12.006

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 31-36 , February 2010

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