Soluble fragment of Her2/neu receptor in the serum of patients with breast cancer with different levels of this protein expression in the tumor
โ Scribed by N. E. Kushlinskii; V. P. Shirokii; E. S. Gershtein; V. D. Yermilova; G. Yu. Chemeris; V. P. Letyagin
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 314 KB
- Volume
- 143
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-4888
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