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Immunostains: Introduction

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  1. Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Natasha Rekhtman MD, PhD

  2. Department of Pathology, Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Marina K Baine MD, PhD

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Justin A. Bishop MD

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Rekhtman, N., Baine, M.K., Bishop, J.A. (2019). Immunostains: Introduction. In: Quick Reference Handbook for Surgical Pathologists. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97508-5_1

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