EGFR protein overexpression and gene copy number increases in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma
✍ Scribed by Michael Ryott; Darawalee Wangsa; Kerstin Heselmeyer-Haddad; Johan Lindholm; Göran Elmberger; Gert Auer; Elisabeth Åvall Lundqvist; Thomas Ried; Eva Munck-Wikland
- Book ID
- 116430002
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 414 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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