Cathepsin K inhibitors as treatment of bone metastasis
✍ Scribed by Le Gall, Céline; Bonnelye, Edith; Clézardin, Philippe
- Book ID
- 121494597
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1751-4258
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