Absence of intragenic mismatch mutations in small cell lung cancers with microsatellite instability
Ramaswamy Anbazhagan
Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAdrian Merlo
Department of Molecular Neuro-Oncology Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorDavid Sidransky
Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Department of Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Edward Gabrielson
Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224–2780, USA. Fax: (410)550–0316.Search for more papers by this authorRamaswamy Anbazhagan
Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAdrian Merlo
Department of Molecular Neuro-Oncology Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this authorDavid Sidransky
Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Department of Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Edward Gabrielson
Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224–2780, USA. Fax: (410)550–0316.Search for more papers by this author
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