Polymorphic variants in TSC1 and TSC2 and their association with breast cancer phenotypes
β Scribed by Madhura S. Mehta; Alexei Vazquez; Diptee A. Kulkarni; John E. Kerrigan; Gurinder Atwal; Shoichi Metsugi; Deborah L. Toppmeyer; Arnold J. Levine; Kim M. Hirshfield
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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