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The enigma of carcinogenesis — Stroma or epithelial cells?

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Mulherkar, R. The enigma of carcinogenesis — Stroma or epithelial cells?. J. Biosci. 29, 133–134 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02703409

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