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Original Article

Potentiation of combined BCNU and hyperthermia by pH reduction in vitro and hypertonic glucose in vivo in the BT4 rat glioma

B. C. Schem Department of Oncology, Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Pathology, Haukeland Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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O. Mella Department of Oncology, Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Pathology, Haukeland Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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O. Dahl Department of Oncology, Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Pathology, Haukeland Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Pages 707-715 | Received 22 Feb 1988, Accepted 22 Feb 1989, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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