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A Case of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus

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    Luoluo Yang & Xiangwei Meng

  2. Department of Pathology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, Jilin, China

    Xun Sun

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Yang, L., Sun, X. & Meng, X. A Case of Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Esophagus. Dig Dis Sci 58, 3634–3636 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-013-2780-0

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