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Review

Advances in Aurora kinase inhibitor patents

This review is one of a two part series on Aurora kinase inhibitors. The other part ‘Aurora Kinase Inhibitors in Clinical and Preclinical Testing’ will appear in Expert Opinion in Investigational Drugs.

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Pages 321-356 | Published online: 27 Mar 2009

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