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. 1988 Jun;79(6):657–665. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1988.tb02217.x

MONOCLONAL GROWTH OF CANCER CELLS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE

Hiroshi Tanooka 1
PMCID: PMC5917569  PMID: 3137192

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