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Original Article

Diffuse Epithelial Mesothelioma: A Review of the Ultrastructural Spectrum

Irving Dardick Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pathology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Maha Jabi Canadian Tumour Reference Centre, Ottawa Civic Hospital, 60 Ruskin Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4M9, Canada; Department of Pathology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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W. T. Elliott Mccaughey Canadian Tumour Reference Centre, Ottawa Civic Hospital, 60 Ruskin Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4M9, Canada; Department of Pathology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Sanjeev Deodhare Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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A. W. Peter Van Nostrand Department of Pathology, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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John R. Srigley Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pathology, Sunnybrooke Medical Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pages 503-533 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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