Oct4, a novel marker for human gastric cancer
β Scribed by Zhong Chen; Wen-Rong Xu; Hui Qian; Wei Zhu; Xue-Feng Bu; Sheng Wang; Yong-Min Yan; Fei Mao; Hong-Bing Gu; Hui-Ling Cao; Xue-Jing Xu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Volume
- 99
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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