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Iczkowski, K.A. (2006). Testis and Testicular Adnexa. In: Cheng, L., Bostwick, D.G. (eds) Essentials of Anatomic Pathology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-173-8_32

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