Aromatase, aromatase inhibitors, and breast cancer

The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Tập 125 Số 1-2 - Trang 13-22 - 2011
Saranya Chumsri1, Timothy Howes2, Ting Bao1, Gauri Sabnis3, Angela Brodie3
1Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
3Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

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