Make PEEC, not war: Does evasive transdifferentiation protect from carcinogenesis?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-119

  Goerdt, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA REPAIR; HEALING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0035757980     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1262     Document Type: Article

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