Microsatellite instability in human colonic cancer is not a useful clinical indicator of familial colorectal cancer
β Scribed by Wade S. Samowitz; Martha L. Slattery; Richard A. Kerber
- Book ID
- 118882103
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 670 KB
- Volume
- 109
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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