The role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer pathology.

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Published in Pathology on June 01, 2007

Authors

Marcello Guarino1, Barbara Rubino, Gianmario Ballabio

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anatomical Pathology, Hospital of Vimercate. Milan, Italy. Marcello.Guarino@aovimercate.org

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