Occurrence of large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletions in human colorectal cancer
Journal Title: Archives of Medical Science - Year 2008, Vol 4, Issue 3
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Authors and Affiliations
Mansoureh Akouchekian, Massoud Houshmand, Simin Hemati, Mehdi Shafa
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