Genetic alterations in human epithelial thyroid tumours
Horacio G. Suárez,
Horacio G. Suárez
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire (UPR 42), Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer, CNRS IFC 1, Villejuif, France
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Horacio G. Suárez
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire (UPR 42), Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer, CNRS IFC 1, Villejuif, France
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Dr Horacio G. Suárez
CNRS IRC — IFC 1, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, UPR 42 du C.N.R.S., 7, rue Guy Môquet — B.P. N°8, 94801 Villejuif Cedex France. Fax: + 33 1 49 58 34 43, E-mail: [email protected]
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