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Invasive Metaplastic Carcinoma

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    Marchiò Caterina

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    Marchiò Caterina, Chartier Suzanne, Bataillon Guillaume & Vincent-Salomon Anne

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Caterina, M., Suzanne, C., Guillaume, B., Anne, VS. (2018). Invasive Metaplastic Carcinoma. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_4717-1

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