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Comment
. 2008 Oct;173(4):911-4.
doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.080624. Epub 2008 Aug 28.

Power of the eternal youth: Nanog expression in the gestational choriocarcinoma

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Power of the eternal youth: Nanog expression in the gestational choriocarcinoma

Ie-Ming Shih et al. Am J Pathol. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

This commentary expands on Nanog expression in normal placentas and gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, providing the functional role of this protein in choriocarcinoma cells.

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