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Emerging clinical importance of the cancer biomarkers kallikrein-related peptidases (KLK) in female and male reproductive organ malignancies Cover

Emerging clinical importance of the cancer biomarkers kallikrein-related peptidases (KLK) in female and male reproductive organ malignancies

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|Oct 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0053 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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