Editorial
What's in a name? The overlap between tumour typing and grading highlighting deficiencies in nomenclature
W Glenn McCluggage,
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W Glenn McCluggage
Department of Pathology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Address for correspondence: W Glenn McCluggage, Department of Pathology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK. e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorW Glenn McCluggage,
Corresponding Author
W Glenn McCluggage
Department of Pathology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Address for correspondence: W Glenn McCluggage, Department of Pathology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK. e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorNo abstract is available for this article.
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