Serum S100β protein as a marker of disease activity in patients with malignant melanoma
✍ Scribed by Muneeruddin Q. Mohammed; Hagosa D. Abraha; Roy A. Sherwood; Kenneth MacRae; Spyros Retsas
- Book ID
- 111640823
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 174 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1357-0560
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