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  1. Department of Pathology, Clinical Centre and School of Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Semir Vranic

  2. College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

    Semir Vranic

  3. Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Zoran Gatalica

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  1. Unit of Pathology, Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy

    Anna Sapino

  2. Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Anna Sapino

  3. 2nd Department of Pathology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

    Janina Kulka

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Vranic, S., Gatalica, Z. (2020). Apocrine Carcinoma. In: Sapino, A., Kulka, J. (eds) Breast Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62539-3_4693

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