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Letter to the Editor

BRAF V600E mutation-specific immunohistochemistry is a rare finding in dendritic cell- and histiocyte-derived tumors

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Pages 1132-1133 | Received 12 Jun 2014, Accepted 12 Jul 2014, Published online: 10 Nov 2014

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