Loss of β-catenin expression associated with disease progression in malignant melanoma
✍ Scribed by T. Kageshita; C.V. Hamby; T. Ishihara; K. Matsumoto; T. Saida; T. Ono
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 530 KB
- Volume
- 145
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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