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. 1990 Dec;62(6):932–934. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1990.412

Necrosis in non-tumour tissues caused by flavone acetic acid and 5,6-dimethyl xanthenone acetic acid.

L J Zwi 1, B C Baguley 1, J B Gavin 1, W R Wilson 1
PMCID: PMC1971574  PMID: 2257222

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