Overexpression of twist in colorectal adenocarcinoma

Basic and Applied Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Hong, Ran ^a   Lim, Sung Chul ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Colorectum; E cadherin; Immunohistochemistry; Twist

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955779235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17559294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-9294.2009.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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