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Hyaluronidase

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Modified version of Lokeshwar VB, Selzer MG (2012) Hyaluronidase. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of Cancer, 3rd edn. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp 1772–1775. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_2881

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  1. Department of Urology, University of Miami – Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Ronny Racine

  2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia; Augusta University, 1410 Laney Walker Blvd., Room 1177A, Augusta, GA 30912, USA

    Vinata B. Lokeshwar

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    Manfred Schwab

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Racine, R., Lokeshwar, V.B. (2015). Hyaluronidase. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_2881-2

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