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Roles of androgen-dependent and -independent activation of signal transduction pathways for cell proliferation of prostate cancer cells

Takahiro Inoue Department of Urology, University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan. [email protected]
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Takashi Kobayashi Department of Urology, University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan. [email protected]
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Naoki Terada Department of Urology, University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan. [email protected]
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Yosuke Shimizu Department of Urology, University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan. [email protected]
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Toshiyuki Kamoto Department of Urology, University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan. [email protected]
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Osamu Ogawa Department of Urology, University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan. [email protected]
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Eijiro Nakamura Department of Urology, University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606–8507, Japan. [email protected]
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Pages 689-704 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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