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Original Article

Comparison of silver-staining nucleolar organizer region (AgNOR) counts and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression in reactive mesothelial hyperplasia and malignant mesothelioma

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Pages 1-4 | Accepted 09 Aug 1994, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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