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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2006; 27(02): 34-36
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1733163
Case Report

Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma Of Uterine Cervix: A Case Report

Amita Maheshwari
Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital DR. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai-400 012, India
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Rekha Wuntkal
Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital DR. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai-400 012, India
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Sudeep Gupta
Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital DR. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai-400 012, India
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Shubhada V Kane
Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital DR. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai-400 012, India
,
Hemant B Tongaonkar
Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital DR. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai-400 012, India
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