Relationship between clinical staging of hepatocellular carcinoma and serum transforming growth factor β1
✍ Scribed by R. Pumpo; R. Cuomo; P. Esposito; D. Pomponi; G. Budillon; G. Capuano
- Book ID
- 119629991
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-8658
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