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Levi, J.U., Casillas, J., Ruiz-Cordero, R., Garcia-Buitrago, M.T., Hosein, P. (2016). Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC). In: Multidisciplinary Teaching Atlas of the Pancreas. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46745-9_11
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