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Acinic Cell Carcinoma

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

    Maria P. Foschini & Luca Morandi

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  1. Maria P. Foschini
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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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Foschini, M.P., Morandi, L. (2020). Acinic Cell Carcinoma. In: Sapino, A., Kulka, J. (eds) Breast Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62539-3_4696

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