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Editorial

Could gold nanoprobes be an important tool in cancer diagnostics?

Pedro Viana Baptista Centre for Research in Human Molecular Genetics, Department of Life Sciences, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal. [email protected]
Pages 541-543 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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