Clinical characteristics of TIMP2, MMP2, and MMP9 gene polymorphisms in colorectal cancer
β Scribed by Kyung Sook Park; Seon Jeong Kim; Kyung Ho Kim; Jin Cheon Kim
- Book ID
- 108953908
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 122 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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