Cancer genetics: Telomere mutations boost melanoma
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- Book ID
- 121292410
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 474 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-8956
- DOI
- 10.1038/nm.3132
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