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Roundness of epithelial nuclei in bronchial mucosa

Z Mijović1, C Kutlesić, D Mihailović

  • 1Medical Faculty, Institute of Pathology, University of Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia. mihapat@kalca.junis.ni.ac.yu

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology
|November 24, 1999
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