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Obtaining explicit consent for the use of archival tissue samples: practical issues
- Correspondence to: Professor P N Furness Departments of Pathology, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK; pnf1le.ac.uk
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Obtaining explicit consent for the use of archival tissue samples: practical issues
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- Received January 29, 2003
- Accepted June 2, 2003
- Revised May 15, 2003
- First published November 30, 2004.
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November 30, 2004
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