Cytokeratin RNA amplification as a molecular method for the detection of lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients
✍ Scribed by Hans Kreipe
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 50 KB
- Volume
- 455
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-2307
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