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Fractal dimension of chromatin: potential molecular diagnostic applications for cancer prognosis

Konradin MetzeDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medical Sciences Research Group, ‘Analytical Cellular Pathology’ and National Institute of Photonics Applied to Cell Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, BrazilCorrespondencekmetze.at.fcm.unicamp.br
Pages 719-735 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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