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Evidence for the Decreased Expression of the Latent TGF-β Binding Protein and its Splice Form in Human Liver Tumours

S. Roth-Eichhorn, B. Heitmann, P. Flemming, S. Kubicka, C. Trautwein
Pages 1204-1210 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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