The Search for a Better Prostate Cancer Biomarker
β Scribed by Laskiewicz, Lisa; Jiang, Zhong; Altieri, Dario C.; Languino, Lucia R.
- Book ID
- 118483814
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 101 KB
- Volume
- 186
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
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