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Hormone Sensitive Tumours

Increase of doxorubicin-induced apoptosis after knock-down of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor expression in human endometrial, ovarian and breast cancer cells

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Pages 24-29 | Received 23 May 2007, Accepted 28 Aug 2007, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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