The authors thank Dr. Adrian M. Di Bisceglie for helpful suggestions and discussions and also for providing the plasmid-containing, full-length HBV-DNA.
Plasma transforming growth factor-β1 in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Comparison with chronic liver diseases
✍ Scribed by Yasuhiro Shirai; Sumio Kawata; Shinji Tamura; Nobuyuki Ito; Hirofumi Tsushima; Kenji Takaishi; Shinichi Kiso; Yuji Matsuzawa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 455 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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