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Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation

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Cimadamore, A., Gasparrini, S., Montironi, R. (2019). Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_4782-1

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