The potential role of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in a chaotic determined carcinogenesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 455-457

  Sedivy, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029990124     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90024-9     Document Type: Article

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