BRCA1 methylation and BRCA1 mutations in ovarian cancer
β Scribed by Guus Martinus Bol; Paul Joannes van Diest
- Book ID
- 113962722
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 122
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-8258
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