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MEDICAL Pathology

Biopsy Interpretation of the Breast Third Edition Biopsy Interpretation Series By Stuart J. Schnitt, MD , Director, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and Laura C. Collins, MD , Associate Director, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Pathol- ogy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA DESCRIPTION

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Note to Bookseller: The previous edition published in October, 2012 (ISBN: 978-1-4511-1301-3)

Hardbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-6575-0 / (US$169.99 / £132.00 / €156.00) Worldwide Approx. 632 pp. / 500 in Full Color / September 2017

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