Telomerase activity of Merkel cell carcinomas and Merkel cell carcinoma-derived cell cultures
✍ Scribed by H. Stöppler; M. Conrad Stöppler; Michael Kisiela; A. Holzbach; Ingrid Moll; Pia Houdek; Roland Moll
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 223 KB
- Volume
- 293
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-3696
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