Vitamin D receptor poly(A) microsatellite and colorectal cancer risk in Caucasians
✍ Scribed by Jana Flügge; Gabriele Laschinski; Ivar Roots; Solveigh Krusekopf
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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