Lung Cancer
Volume 69, Issue 2 , Pages 239-244 , August 2010

Aberrant promoter methylation of FBLN-3 gene and clinicopathological significance in non-small cell lung carcinoma

  • Wang Rui

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    • Wang Rui and Zhang You-Wei contributed equally to this study, should be regarded as joint first authors.
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  • Zhang You-Wei

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    • Wang Rui and Zhang You-Wei contributed equally to this study, should be regarded as joint first authors.
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  • Chen Long-Bang

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Received 3 July 2009 ,Revised 5 October 2009 ,Accepted 9 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.10.009

Lung Cancer
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