Diagnostic Histopathology
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 61-67 , February 2008

Anal carcinoma and its differential diagnoses

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpdhp.2007.12.001

Diagnostic Histopathology
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 61-67 , February 2008

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