Testicular cancer: New studies identify susceptibility loci, implicated genes

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Mina Razzak. Nat Rev Urol. 2013 Jul.

. 2013 Jul;10(7):370.

doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2013.121. Epub 2013 May 28.

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