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Golob-Schwarzl, N., Kessler, S., Haybaeck, J. (2017). Hepatocellular Carcinogenesis. In: Haybaeck, J. (eds) Mechanisms of Molecular Carcinogenesis – Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53661-3_6
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