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Unusual and Aggressive Cause of Gall Bladder Mass—Neuroendocrine Tumor

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    Naveen Padmanabhan, Suhail Ahmed & P Ravishankar

  2. Department of Pathology, Apollo Cancer Institutes, Chennai, 600035, India

    Ann Kurian

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Padmanabhan, N., Ahmed, S., Kurian, A. et al. Unusual and Aggressive Cause of Gall Bladder Mass—Neuroendocrine Tumor. J Gastrointest Canc 51, 307–310 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-019-00245-6

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