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YKL-40 expression in soft-tissue sarcomas and atypical lipomatous tumors

An immunohistochemical study of 49 tumors

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Pages 195-200 | Received 10 Apr 2013, Accepted 22 Nov 2013, Published online: 20 Mar 2014

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