Novel Approach to Fecal Occult Blood Testing by Assay of Erythrocyte-Specific microRNA Markers
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عنوان ژورنال: Digestive Diseases and Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0163-2116,1573-2568
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-017-4627-6