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. 1985 Oct;52(4):637–640. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1985.239

A comparison of two in vitro assays of cell response following in vitro drug and radiation exposures of human tumour xenograft cells.

J A Hanson, E A Bean, A M Coombs, J L Moore
PMCID: PMC1977237  PMID: 4063141

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