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Original Article: Cancer Diagnostics

Apoprotein E methylation is correlated with immune microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma

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Pages 550-559 | Received 29 Oct 2022, Accepted 01 Jun 2023, Published online: 23 Jun 2023

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