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Clinical Study

pEGFR-Tyr 845 expression as prognostic factors in oral squamous cell carcinoma

A tissue-microarray study with clinic-pathological correlations

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Pages 967-977 | Received 23 Mar 2012, Accepted 04 Jun 2012, Published online: 24 Jul 2012

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