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The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research
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Original Articles

Sex-dependent correlation between survival and expression of genes related to the circadian oscillator in patients with colorectal cancer

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Pages 1423-1434 | Received 16 Feb 2018, Accepted 11 Jun 2018, Published online: 28 Jun 2018

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