Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 252-259 , August 2008

The foamy variant of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia

  • Jorge Albores-Saavedra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán of Mexico City, Tlalpan 14000, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Mariana Weimersheimer-Sandoval, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán of Mexico City, Tlalpan 14000, Mexico
    • ,
  • Fredy Chable- Montero, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán of Mexico City, Tlalpan 14000, Mexico
    • ,
  • Daniel Montante-Montes de Oca, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán of Mexico City, Tlalpan 14000, Mexico
    • ,
  • Ralph H. Hruban, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • ,
  • Donald Earl Henson, MD

      Affiliations

    • The George Washington University Cancer Institute Office of Cancer Prevention and Control, Washington DC 20037, USA

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PII: S1092-9134(07)00176-1

doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.10.002

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 252-259 , August 2008

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