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Specimen Collection and Processing

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  1. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Dr. Yener S. Erozan

  2. University of Irvine, CA, USA

    Ibrahim Ramzy

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Erozan, Y.S., Ramzy, I. (2009). Specimen Collection and Processing. In: Pulmonary Cytopathology. Essentials in Cytopathology, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88888-0_1

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