Human Pathology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 32-40 , January 2003

Cell kinetics and genetic instabilities in differentiated type early gastric cancers with different mucin phenotype

,Accepted 17 September 2002.

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☆ Address correspondence and reprint requests to Jiro Watari, MD, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, 2-1-1-1 Midorigaoka-Higashi, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan.

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doi: 10.1053/hupa.2003.2

Human Pathology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 32-40 , January 2003

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