Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 11 , Pages 1530-1535 , November 2010

Core needle biopsy in benign lung lesions: pathologic findings in 159 cases

Received 29 December 2009 ,Revised 26 April 2010 ,Accepted 30 April 2010.

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PII: S0046-8177(10)00164-4

doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.04.014

Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 11 , Pages 1530-1535 , November 2010

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