Expression of the CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Proteins C/EBPα, C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ in Breast Cancer: Correlations with Clinicopathologic Parameters and Cell-Cycle Regulatory Proteins (original) (raw)
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