Endometrial cancer and genetic variation in PTEN, PIK3CA, AKT1, MLH1, and MSH2 within a population-based case-control study
β Scribed by James V. Lacey Jr.; Hannah Yang; Mia M. Gaudet; Alison Dunning; Jolanta Lissowska; Mark E. Sherman; Beata Peplonska; Louise A. Brinton; Catherine S. Healey; Shahana Ahmed; Paul Pharoah; Douglas Easton; Stephen Chanock; Montserrat Garcia-Closas
- Book ID
- 113962656
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Volume
- 120
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-8258
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