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Invasive Lobular Carcinoma

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  1. Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Unit of Anatomic Pathology at Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Maria P. Foschini & Luca Morandi

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Foschini, M.P., Morandi, L. (2018). Invasive Lobular Carcinoma. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_4716-1

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