Cancer: Short-circuit to tumour cell apoptosis
โ Scribed by Flemming, Alexandra
- Book ID
- 109950484
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 323 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1474-1776
- DOI
- 10.1038/nrd2496
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