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Technical Note

Simultaneous Measurement of Cell Cycle Phase Position and Ionizing Radiation-induced DNA Strand Breakage in Single Human Tumour Cells Using Laser Scanning Confocal Imaging

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Pages 553-560 | Received 11 Jun 1991, Accepted 27 Nov 1991, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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