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Original Article

A novel IRMA and ELISA for quantifying cytokeratin 8 and 18 fragments in the sera of healthy individuals and cancer patients

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Pages 153-161 | Received 19 Apr 1994, Accepted 16 Nov 1994, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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