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Hereditary colorectal cancer: clinical consequences of predictive molecular testing

✍ Scribed by M. Hahn; H. -D. Saeger; H. K. Schackert

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 405 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 0179-1958
DOI: 10.1007/s003840050210

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