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Prostatic Acinar Adenocarcinoma, Sarcomatoid Variant

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Cimadamore, A., Lopez-Beltran, A., Roberta, M., Montironi, R. (2019). Prostatic Acinar Adenocarcinoma, Sarcomatoid Variant. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_4908-1

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