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Caron, Huib N
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Schild, Linda
Koster, Jan
Speleman, Frank
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Molenaar, Jan J
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Identification of BIRC6 as a novel intervention target for neuroblastoma therapy
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spellingShingle Lamers, Fieke, Schild, Linda, Koster, Jan, Speleman, Frank, Øra, Ingrid, Westerhout, Ellen M, van Sluis, Peter, Versteeg, Rogier, Caron, Huib N, Molenaar, Jan J, BMC Cancer, Identification of BIRC6 as a novel intervention target for neuroblastoma therapy, Cancer Research, Genetics, Oncology
title Identification of BIRC6 as a novel intervention target for neuroblastoma therapy
title_full Identification of BIRC6 as a novel intervention target for neuroblastoma therapy
title_fullStr Identification of BIRC6 as a novel intervention target for neuroblastoma therapy
title_full_unstemmed Identification of BIRC6 as a novel intervention target for neuroblastoma therapy
title_short Identification of BIRC6 as a novel intervention target for neuroblastoma therapy
title_sort identification of birc6 as a novel intervention target for neuroblastoma therapy
title_unstemmed Identification of BIRC6 as a novel intervention target for neuroblastoma therapy
topic Cancer Research, Genetics, Oncology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-12-285