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Separation of Benign and Malignant Spindle Cell Proliferations in the Pleura

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Larsen, B.T. (2018). Separation of Benign and Malignant Spindle Cell Proliferations in the Pleura. 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_389

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