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This work was supported by grants from the Italian Ministry of University and Research: PRIN 2006 (no. 69373), FIRB 2007 (Rete nazionale per lo studio del proteoma umano, no. RBRN07BMCT_11), FAR 2006-2012 (ex 60 %); from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), project SEED: “IPG-CHIP”; by “FONDO PER LA PROMOZIONE DI ACCORDI ISTITUZIONALI” Regione Lombardia DGR N. 5200/2007, project no. 14546: “Network Enabled Drug Design (NEDD)”; and in part by the EuroKUP COST Action (BM0702) and Mass Spectrometry Imaging: New Tools for Healthcare Research (BM1104).
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Mainini, V., Pagni, F., Garancini, M. et al. An Alternative Approach in Endocrine Pathology Research: MALDI-IMS in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Endocr Pathol 24, 250–253 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-013-9273-8
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