The clinical relevance of cytokeratin phenotyping in needle biopsy of liver metastasis
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- Book ID
- 109343224
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 111
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0365-5555
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