Clinicopathological significance of maspin expression in breast cancer

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Lee, Mi Ja ^a   Suh, Chae Hong ^a   Li, Zhu Hu ^b  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast Neoplasms; Immunohistochemistry; Prognosis; Serpins

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646816042     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2006.21.2.309     Document Type: Article

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