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. 2012 Dec;13(12):1179-80.
doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70501-6. Epub 2012 Nov 7.

Taking the starch out of hereditary colorectal cancer

C Richard Boland  1
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Taking the starch out of hereditary colorectal cancer

C Richard Boland. Lancet Oncol. 2012 Dec.
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