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Accepted for publication September 30, 1999.

From the Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Samsung Medical Center (Drs Choi and Ahn) and the Department of Pathology, Samsung Cheil Hospital (Dr Kim), Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Reprints: Geunghwan Ahn, MD, Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, 50 Ilwon-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul 135710, Korea.