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A.M. was supported by the EU Grant QLRT-2000–01918.
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Mende, S., Moschopulos, M., Marx, A. et al. Ectopic micronodular thymoma with lymphoid stroma. Virchows Arch 444, 397–399 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-003-0961-5
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