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Provider-performed Microscopy

  • Frederick L. Kiechle
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    Corresponding author. Department of Clinical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 West, 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769.
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    Department of Clinical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 West, 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769, USA

    Beaumont Reference Laboratory, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA

    Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • Isabel Gauss
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    Department of Clinical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 West, 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769, USA

    Beaumont Reference Laboratory, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA

    Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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