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Mucin-Secreting Cellular Ependymoma: A Light and Electron Microscopy Study

Giovanna Cenacchi, Isabella Morra, Marco Forni, Felice Giangaspero Servizio di Citopatologia,Dipartimento Clinico di Scienze Radiologiche e Istocitopatologiche,UniversitaA di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Servizio di A natomia Patologica,Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita, Torino, Italy; Servizio di A natomia Patologica,Ospedale Bufalini,Cesena, Italy
Pages 319-323 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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