Sialosyl Tn antigen expression is associated with the prognosis of patients with advanced gastric cancer
✍ Scribed by Leonor David; Fátima Carneiro; Manuel Sobrinho-Simões
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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