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Mitry, R.R., Mansour, M.R., Havlik, R., Habib, N.A. (2002). Gene Therapy for Liver Tumours. In: Habib, N.A. (eds) Cancer Gene Therapy. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 465. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46817-4_18

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