The effects of vascular endothelial growth factor C knockdown in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
โ Scribed by Hongxin Zhang; Yuhui Yin; Lan Zhang; Xiangyu Zheng; Dongling Gao; Kuisheng Chen; Yunhan Zhang
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 519 KB
- Volume
- 138
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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