Progress in melanoma histopathology and diagnosis.

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Published in Hematol Oncol Clin North Am on June 01, 2009

Authors

Adriano Piris1, Martin C Mihm

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Warren 820, Boston, MA 02114, USA. apiris@partners.org

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