Clinical implications of UGT1A1*28 genotype testing in colorectal cancer patients
β Scribed by Katerina Shulman; Ilana Cohen; Ofra Barnett-Griness; Abraham Kuten; Stephen B. Gruber; Flavio Lejbkowicz; Gad Rennert
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Volume
- 117
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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