TTV infection in colorectal cancer tissues and normal mucosa
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Ethel-Michele de Villiers
Division for the Characterization of Tumorvirus, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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Division for the Characterization of Tumorviruses, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorMilutin Bulajic
Department of Gastroenterology, Clinical Center Dr Dragisa Misovic, University Medical School Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Search for more papers by this authorChristine Nitsch
Division for the Characterization of Tumorvirus, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorDragutin Kecmanovic
Department of Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery, First Surgical University Hospital, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Search for more papers by this authorMaja Pavlov
Department of Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery, First Surgical University Hospital, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Search for more papers by this authorAnnette Kopp-Schneider
Central Unit Biostatistics, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorMatthias Löhr
Department of Medicine II, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg and the Molecular Gastroenterology Unit, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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Ethel-Michele de Villiers
Division for the Characterization of Tumorvirus, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
Fax: +49-6221-424822.
Division for the Characterization of Tumorviruses, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorMilutin Bulajic
Department of Gastroenterology, Clinical Center Dr Dragisa Misovic, University Medical School Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Search for more papers by this authorChristine Nitsch
Division for the Characterization of Tumorvirus, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorDragutin Kecmanovic
Department of Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery, First Surgical University Hospital, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Search for more papers by this authorMaja Pavlov
Department of Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery, First Surgical University Hospital, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Search for more papers by this authorAnnette Kopp-Schneider
Central Unit Biostatistics, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorMatthias Löhr
Department of Medicine II, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg and the Molecular Gastroenterology Unit, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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