N-cadherin distinguishes pleural mesotheliomas from lung adenocarcinomas
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990425)87:2<83::aid-cncr7>3.0.co;2-s