Stem cells in the normal and malignant prostate

Prostate Cancer: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-41

  Maitland, Norman J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6828-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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