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Original Article

Bleomycin, in Contrast to Gamma Irradiation, Induces Extreme Variation of DNA Strand Breakage from Cell to Cell

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Pages 683-691 | Received 19 Dec 1986, Accepted 17 Aug 1987, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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