The end of the beginning: oncolytic virotherapy achieves clinical proof-of-concept.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy
دوره 13 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006