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Volume 2014, Article ID 426161, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/426161
Case Report

WHO Grade 2 Neuroendocrine Tumor in a 15-Year-Old Male: A Case Report and Literature Review

Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA

Received 16 July 2014; Revised 7 November 2014; Accepted 9 November 2014; Published 30 November 2014

Academic Editor: Yoji Nagashima

Copyright © 2014 Eric Johannesen and Van Nguyen. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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