K-ras mutation in the tumour of King Ferrante I of Aragon (1431-1494) and environmental mutagens at the Aragonese Court of Naples

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 302-306

  Fornaciari, Gino ^a   Marchetti, Antonio ^a   Pellegrini, Silvia ^a   Ciranni, Rosalba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; DNA; Mummy; NOC; Oncogenesis; Renaissance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043287552     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199909/10)9:5<302::AID-OA487>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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