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Research Article

Synergistic Antitumor Cytotoxic Actions of Ascorbate and Menadione on Human Prostate (DU145) Cancer Cells In Vitro: Nucleus and Other Injuries Preceding Cell Death by Autoschizis

, MSc, EdM, DSc, , PhD, , BS, MT & , MD, PhD
Pages 116-140 | Received 19 Aug 2013, Accepted 01 Oct 2013, Published online: 24 Jan 2014

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