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Research Article| Volume 12, ISSUE 2, P163-199, June 1992

Cellular Proliferation Markers in the Evaluation of Human Cancer

  • Roger S. Riley
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    Address reprint requests to: Roger S. Riley, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858-4354
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30512-2
Cellular Proliferation Markers in the Evaluation of Human Cancer
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