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Ectopic micronodular thymoma with lymphoid stroma

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A.M. was supported by the EU Grant QLRT-2000–01918.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Kantonsspital, 5001 , Aarau, Switzerland

    Susanne Mende, Michael Moschopulos & R. Hubert Laeng

  2. University of Würzburg, 97080 , Würzburg, Germany

    A. Marx

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Mende, S., Moschopulos, M., Marx, A. et al. Ectopic micronodular thymoma with lymphoid stroma. Virchows Arch 444, 397–399 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-003-0961-5

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