Tumor suppressor genes: A short review

Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-366

  Yeo, Charles J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GENETICS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0032917491     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(99)70001-2     Document Type: Article

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