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Reply to Dr. Peparini’s Letter to the Editor regarding the publication titled “Immunohistochemical detection of receptor tyrosine kinases c-kit, EGF-R and PDGF-R in colorectal adenocarcinomas”

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Friederichs, J. Reply to Dr. Peparini’s Letter to the Editor regarding the publication titled “Immunohistochemical detection of receptor tyrosine kinases c-kit, EGF-R and PDGF-R in colorectal adenocarcinomas”. Langenbecks Arch Surg 394, 1133–1134 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-009-0535-3

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