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  1. Electron Microscopy Unit Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114-2617, USA

    G. Richard Dickersin M.D. (Pathologist and Head, Associate Professor of Pathology) (Pathologist and Head, Associate Professor of Pathology)

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115-6092, USA

    G. Richard Dickersin M.D. (Pathologist and Head, Associate Professor of Pathology) (Pathologist and Head, Associate Professor of Pathology)

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    G. Richard Dickersin M.D. (Pathologist and Head, Associate Professor of Pathology) (Pathologist and Head, Associate Professor of Pathology)

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(2000). Leukemias. In: Dickersin, G.R. (eds) Diagnostic Electron Microscopy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21852-1_5

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