Fine-needle aspiration as an alternative method for frozen tissue banking of breast cancer
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Catarina Eloy M.D.
Department of Pathology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal
Institute of Molecular Pathology and, Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
Department of Pathology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, PortugalSearch for more papers by this authorIsabel Amendoeira M.D.
Department of Pathology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal
Institute of Molecular Pathology and, Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
Search for more papers by this authorFernando C. Schmitt M.D., Ph.D, F.I.A.C.
Department of Pathology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal
Institute of Molecular Pathology and, Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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Catarina Eloy M.D.
Department of Pathology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal
Institute of Molecular Pathology and, Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
Department of Pathology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, PortugalSearch for more papers by this authorIsabel Amendoeira M.D.
Department of Pathology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal
Institute of Molecular Pathology and, Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
Search for more papers by this authorFernando C. Schmitt M.D., Ph.D, F.I.A.C.
Department of Pathology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal
Institute of Molecular Pathology and, Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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