Reply to “Reassessing the TARBP2 mutation rate in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer”
✍ Scribed by Melo, Sonia A; Esteller, Manel
- Book ID
- 109918114
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1061-4036
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