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Dang, L.M., Laucirica, R. (2018). The Role of Cytology in the Diagnosis of Pleural Neoplasia. In: Allen, T.C., Suster, S. (eds) Pathology of the Pleura and Mediastinum. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66796-6_392
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