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Morphological Evidence of Neutrophil-Tumor Cell Phagocytosis (Cannibalism) in Human Gastric Adenocarcinomas

R. A. Caruso Dipartimento di Patologia Umana, Policlinico Universitario, Messina, Italy
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A. O. Muda Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università "La Sapienza," Roma, Italy
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A. Bersiga Servizio di Anatomia Patologica, Azienda Istituti Ospitalieri, Cremona, Italy
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L. Rigoli Dipartimento di Pediatria, Policlinico Universitario, Messina, Italy
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C. Inferrera Dipartimento di Patologia Umana, Policlinico Universitario, Messina, Italy
Pages 315-321 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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