Mechanistic and prognostic significance of aberrant methylation in the molecular pathogenesis of human hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Published in J Clin Invest on September 01, 2007

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Diego F Calvisi1, Sara Ladu, Alexis Gorden, Miriam Farina, Ju-Seog Lee, Elizabeth A Conner, Insa Schroeder, Valentina M Factor, Snorri S Thorgeirsson

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1: Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4262, USA.

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