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Review: Initiation of ionizing radiation-induced apoptosis: DNA damage-mediated or does ceramide have a role?

I. R. RADFORD Sir Donald and Lady Trescowthick Research Laboratories,Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrews Place, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia.
Pages 521-528 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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