Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 421-426 , December 2007

Preoperative diagnosis of clear cell “sugar” tumor of the lung by computed tomography–guided fine-needle biopsy and core-needle biopsy

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doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.12.015

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 421-426 , December 2007

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