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. 1956 Sep;19(3):156–184.

Melanoma and Melanosis

Hunterian Lecture delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 10th May 1956

Cecil W D Lewis
PMCID: PMC2378069  PMID: 13363261

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