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Changes of fibrosis-related parameters after high- and low-LET irradiation of fibroblasts

C. Fournier GSI/Biophysics, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany and Radiological Clinic of the University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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M. Scholz GSI/Biophysics, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany and Radiological Clinic of the University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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W. K. Weyrather GSI/Biophysics, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany and Radiological Clinic of the University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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H. P. Rodemann Section of Radiobiology and Molecular Environmental Research, Department of Radiotherapy, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Röntgenweg 11, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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G. Kraft GSI/Biophysics, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany and Radiological Clinic of the University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Pages 713-722 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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