Transplanting cancer: donor-cell transmission of Kaposi sarcoma
β Scribed by Moore, Patrick S.
- Book ID
- 109933254
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 369 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-8956
- DOI
- 10.1038/nm865
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