Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 107-112 , January 2010

Clinicopathologic correlation of beclin-1 and bcl-2 expression in human breast cancer

  • Kyu Yeoun Won

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, East-West Neo Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 134-727, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Gou Young Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, East-West Neo Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 134-727, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Youn Wha Kim

      Affiliations

    • Kyung Hee Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 134-727, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jeong Yoon Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, East-West Neo Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 134-727, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sung-Jig Lim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, East-West Neo Medical Center, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 134-727, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 11 May 2009 ,Revised 13 July 2009 ,Accepted 15 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.07.006

Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 107-112 , January 2010

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