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Fibulin-3 as a biomarker of response to treatment in malignant mesothelioma Cover

Fibulin-3 as a biomarker of response to treatment in malignant mesothelioma

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|Aug 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2015-0019 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 279 - 285
Submitted on: Mar 16, 2015
Accepted on: Mar 30, 2015
Published on: Aug 21, 2015
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2015 Viljem Kovac, Metoda Dodic-Fikfak, Niko Arneric, Vita Dolzan, Alenka Franko, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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