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Mucosal assessment of tumor necrosis factor alpha levels on paraffined samples: a comparison between immunohistochemistry and real time polymerase chain reaction

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Pages 1007-1008 | Received 06 Jan 2010, Accepted 05 Apr 2010, Published online: 06 May 2010

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