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Original Article

Pharmacology of Combination Chemotherapy of Cytosine Arabinoside (Ara-C) and Uracil Arabinoside (Ara-U) or Tetrahydrouridine (THU) against Murine Leukemia L1210/0 in Tumor-Bearing Mice

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Pages 293-299 | Published online: 24 Mar 2010

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