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. 1996 Jun;73(11):1317–1322. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1996.252

Recent insights into the pathogenesis of Kaposi's sarcoma.

K Fife 1, M Bower 1
PMCID: PMC2074485  PMID: 8645573

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