Identification of cancer stem cells: from leukemia to solid cancers
β Scribed by Yinghui Huang; Xiaoxue Qiu; Ji-Long Chen
- Book ID
- 107382821
- Publisher
- SP Higher Education Press
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 281 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1674-7984
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