Development of a sensitive, specific reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction-based assay for epithelial tumour cells in effusions
✍ Scribed by Sakaguchi, M; Ashfaq, R; Rathi, A; Liu, Y; Kodagoda, D
- Book ID
- 110000934
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 234 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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