High expression of Lewisy/bantigens is associated with decreased survival in lymph node negative breast carcinomas
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- Book ID
- 120700018
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1012 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1465-5411
- DOI
- 10.1186/bcr1305
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