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Gallbladder Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: A Case Report of Gallbladder Small Cell Carcinoma

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  1. Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

    Dalal M. Nemenqani

  2. Laboratory and Blood Bank, King Abdul Aziz Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia

    Dalal M. Nemenqani

  3. Department of Hematology/Oncology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Jyotsna Fuloria

  4. Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

    Rehab A. Karam

  5. College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

    Rehab A. Karam & Haneen Hammadi

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Nemenqani, D.M., Fuloria, J., Karam, R.A. et al. Gallbladder Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: A Case Report of Gallbladder Small Cell Carcinoma. J Gastrointest Canc 47, 432–435 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-015-9757-5

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