Re: Question about debian/upstream reference

[Gert Wollny <gw.fossdev@gmail.com>]

Hi, 

I now got the answer from BMC which would indicate that their BibTex,
EndNote etc. files are malformed, i.e. in the specific case of SCFBM
{Volume: '8:20'} is the way to go. For the complete answer see below. 

Best, 
Gert 

> Dear Gert,
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> Breast Cancer Research 2003, 4:R6
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