Recent advances in the molecular mechanism of sex disparity in hepatocellular carcinoma (Review)
- Authors:
- Yanmeng Li
- Anjian Xu
- Siyu Jia
- Jian Huang
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Affiliations: Experimental Center, Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China - Published online on: March 8, 2019 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2019.10127
- Pages: 4222-4228
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