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Theme: Cancer/Oncology Diagnostics - Review

miRNAs and long noncoding RNAs as biomarkers in human diseases

Katrien Van Roosbroeck Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Unit 1950, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1881 East Road, Houston, TX 77054, USA
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Jeroen Pollet Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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George A Calin Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Unit 1950, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1881 East Road, Houston, TX 77054, USA; Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Unit 1950, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1881 East Road, Houston, TX 77054, USA. [email protected]
Pages 183-204 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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