BARD1, a possible biomarker for breast and ovarian cancer
β Scribed by Irmgard Irminger-Finger
- Book ID
- 113962311
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 497 KB
- Volume
- 117
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-8258
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