Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 239-245 , August 2009

Imprint cytology of primary cardiac sarcomas: a report of 3 cases

  • Nobuzo Iwa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kashiwara Municipal Hospital, Kashiwara, Osaka 582-0005, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 72 972 0885; fax: +81 72 970 2120.
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  • Kazuyoshi Masuda, CMIAC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka 565-8565, Japan
    • ,
  • Chikao Yutani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Science, Okayama University of Life Science, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
    • ,
  • Tadao K. Kobayashi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Imperial Gift Foundation, Inc, Ritto, Shiga 520-3046, Japan

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doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.03.006

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 239-245 , August 2009

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