Identification of a founder EPCAM deletion in Spanish Lynch syndrome families
✍ Scribed by Mur, P.; Pineda, M.; Romero, A.; del Valle, J.; Borràs, E.; Canal, A.; Navarro, M.; Brunet, J.; Rueda, D.; Ramón y Cajal, T.; Lázaro, C.; Caldés, T.; Blanco, I.; Soto, J.L.; Capellá, G.
- Book ID
- 120346671
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 547 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9163
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