Circular RNA, a novel marker for cancer determination (Review)
- Authors:
- Yinjie Su
- Guangzheng Zhong
- Ning Jiang
- Ming Huang
- Tianxin Lin
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Affiliations: Department of Urology, Sun Yat‑Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat‑Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China - Published online on: July 30, 2018 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2018.3795
- Pages: 1786-1798
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