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Diagnostic Pathology
Published in: Diagnostic Pathology 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Case Report

Malignant neuroendocrine tumour of the appendix in childhood with loco-regional lymph node invasion

Authors: Rebecca F Lyons, Muhammad Irfan, Ronan Waldron, Niamh Bambury, Fadel Bennani, Tamas Nemeth, Waqar Khan, Kevin Barry

Published in: Diagnostic Pathology | Issue 1/2015

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Metadata
Title
Malignant neuroendocrine tumour of the appendix in childhood with loco-regional lymph node invasion
Authors
Rebecca F Lyons
Muhammad Irfan
Ronan Waldron
Niamh Bambury
Fadel Bennani
Tamas Nemeth
Waqar Khan
Kevin Barry
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Diagnostic Pathology / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1746-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13000-015-0287-z

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