Subtyping sub-Saharan esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by comprehensive molecular analysis

JCI Insight

Volumn 1, Issue 16, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Wenjin ^a,b   Snell, Jeff M ^b   Jeck, William R ^a,b   Hoadley, Katherine A ^a,b   Wilkerson, Matthew D ^a,b   Parker, Joel S ^a,b   Patel, Nirali ^a,b   Mlombe, Yohannie B ^c   Mulima, Gift ^d   Liomba, N George ^c   Wolf, Lindsey L ^c,e   Shores, Carol G ^a,b   Gopal, Satish ^a,b,c,f   Sharpless, Norman E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 85055601235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23793708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.88755     Document Type: Article

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