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Des-γ-carboxy prothrombin is an autocrine mitogen for hepatocellular carcinoma

✍ Scribed by Suzuki, Mayumi; Shiraha, Hidenori; Fujikawa, Tatsuya; Takaoka, Nobuyuki; Takaki, Akinobu; Nakanishi, Yutaka; Ueda, Naoki; Koike, Kazuko; Sakaguchi, Kohsaku; Shiraton, Yasushi


Book ID
123355293
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
179 KB
Volume
124
Category
Article
ISSN
0016-5085

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