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Vitamin B6 Suppresses Growth of the Feline Mammary Tumor Cell Line FRM

Dai SHIMADADepartment of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University
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Ayumi FUKUDADepartment of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University
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Hiroaki KANOUCHIDepartment of Biochemistry, Kawasaki Medical School
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Mitsuharu MATSUMOTODepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University
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Tatsuzo OKADepartment of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University
Pages 1038-1040 | Received 22 Nov 2005, Accepted 20 Dec 2005, Published online: 22 May 2014

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