Citation: Qi-Jia Zhang, Li Wan, Han-Feng Xu. High expression of agrin is associated with tumor progression and poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma[J]. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2019, 16(6): 7375-7383. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2019368
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