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Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12943-016-0497-3
Published Online: 2016-02-12
Published Print: 2016-12
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Bekes, Inga
Friedl, Thomas W. P.
Köhler, Tanja
Möbus, Volker
Janni, Wolfgang
Wöckel, Achim
Wulff, Christine
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wilhelm-Sander Foundation, Munich, Germany (2011.069.1)