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EXPRESSION OF CATENINS AND p120cas IN MELANOCYTIC NEVI AND CUTANEOUS MELANOMA: DEFICIENT alpha-CATENIN EXPRESSION IS ASSOCIATED WITH MELANOMA PROGRESSION

XU DONG ZHANG, PETER HERSEY Department of Oncology and Immunology, Division of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Pages 239-246 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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