Urological Science
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 55-57, March 2010

Histopathology and Biology of Testicular Germ Cell Tumor

  • Chin-Chen Pan

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Shi-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11217, Taiwan

Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

Accepted 11 January 2010.

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doi:10.1016/S1879-5226(10)60011-5

Urological Science
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 55-57, March 2010

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