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. 1984 Jun;49(6):795–799. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1984.123

In vitro potentiation of BCNU activity in rat brain tumour cells pretreated with misonidazole.

D W Siemann, K Wolf, S Morrissey, K T Wheeler
PMCID: PMC1976855  PMID: 6733025

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