Protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor (ZPI) is present in loco in human breast cancer tissue

Ewa Sierko; Marek Z. Wojtukiewicz; Krystyna Ostrowska-Cichocka; Lech Zimnoch

doi:10.1160/TH09-09-0666

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2010; 104(01): 183-185
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-09-0666

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Protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor (ZPI) is present in loco in human breast cancer tissue

Ewa Sierko

¹Department of Oncology, Medical University, Bialystok, Poland

²Comprehensive Cancer Center, Bialystok, Poland

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Marek Z. Wojtukiewicz

¹Department of Oncology, Medical University, Bialystok, Poland

²Comprehensive Cancer Center, Bialystok, Poland

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Krystyna Ostrowska-Cichocka

¹Department of Oncology, Medical University, Bialystok, Poland

²Comprehensive Cancer Center, Bialystok, Poland

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Lech Zimnoch

³Department of Medical Pathomorphology, Medical University, Bialystok, Poland

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