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ALK rearrangement in a pure squamous cell carcinoma: the challenge of detection of ALK rearrangement

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  1. Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea

    Hyojin Kim, Eunhyang Park & Jin-Haeng Chung

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, 463-707, Republic of Korea

    Yu Jung Kim

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Kim, H., Park, E., Kim, Y.J. et al. ALK rearrangement in a pure squamous cell carcinoma: the challenge of detection of ALK rearrangement. Virchows Arch 462, 597–599 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-013-1413-5

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