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Editorial
. 2003 May;56(5):321-2.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.56.5.321.

Endoscopic biopsies

R Fiocca, P Ceppa
Editorial

Endoscopic biopsies

R Fiocca et al. J Clin Pathol. 2003 May.
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