Acetylcholine receptor pathway in lung cancer: New twists to an old story

World Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 667-676

  Niu, Xiao Min ^a   Lu, Shun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; CHRNA; Nicotine; Pathway; Pulmonary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942587303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22184333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i4.667     Document Type: Review

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