Quality assessment of HER2 testing by monitoring of positivity rates.

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Published in Virchows Arch on August 02, 2011

Authors

Harald Choritz1, Guntram Büsche, Hans Kreipe, Study Group HER2 Monitor

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Pathology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.

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