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Pathology of Peripheral Neuroblastic Tumors

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Neuroblastoma

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  1. Hiroyuki Shimada
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Nai-Kong V. Cheung MD, PhD

  2. Department of Pediatrics and the Comprehensive Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University, 2300 Children's Plaza, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA

    Susan L. Cohn MD

  3. Feinberg School of Medicine, Children's Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children's Plaza, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA

    Susan L. Cohn MD

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Shimada, H., Ambros, I.M. (2005). Pathology of Peripheral Neuroblastic Tumors. In: Cheung, NK.V., Cohn, S.L. (eds) Neuroblastoma. Pediatric Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26616-X_8

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