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Comment
. 2018 May 8;115(19):E4318.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1802507115. Epub 2018 Apr 18.

Shortcomings of the immunological model of carcinogenesis

S M J Mortazavi  1   2
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Shortcomings of the immunological model of carcinogenesis

S M J Mortazavi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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