Colon cancer stem cells
β Scribed by Lucia Ricci-Vitiani; Eros Fabrizi; Elisabetta Palio; Ruggero De Maria
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 256 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0946-2716
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