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Editorial

Details matter: the role of genomic location and assay standardization in DNA methylation analyses

Guro E Lind1 Department of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Cancer Research & Colorectal Cancer Research Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway;2 K.G. Jebsen Colorectal Cancer Research Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Manon van Engeland3 Department of Pathology, GROW-School for Oncology & Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 933-935 | Received 25 Apr 2017, Accepted 25 Apr 2017, Published online: 15 Jun 2017

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