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Tissue Microarrays for Miniaturized High-Throughput Molecular Profiling of Tumors

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Simon, R., Mirlacher, M., Sauter, G. (2005). Tissue Microarrays for Miniaturized High-Throughput Molecular Profiling of Tumors. In: Müller, U.R., Nicolau, D.V. (eds) Microarray Technology and Its Applications. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26578-3_19

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