Overexpression of Smad2 and Colocalization with TGF-β1 in Human Pancreatic Cancer
✍ Scribed by Jorg Kleeff; Helmut Friess; Peter Simon; Sergio Susmallian; Peter Buchler; Arthur Zimmermann; Markus W. Buchler; Murray Korc
- Book ID
- 110378700
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 541 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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