Genetic alterations are frequent in APC but rare in the TGF-β type II receptor gene in cancer in adenomas of the colon
✍ Scribed by Yoshimitsu Akiyama; Osmar Kenji Yagi; Tomoko Ishikawa; Hiromi Nagasaki; Kiyoshi Saitoh; Yasuhito Yuasa
- Book ID
- 117468766
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 377 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-3835
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