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Original Article

A Potential Pitfall in the Use of Electroporation: Cellular Radiosensitization by Pulsed High-voltage Electric Fields

Pages 329-334 | Received 21 Jun 1991, Accepted 24 Sep 1991, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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