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Short communication: The effect of in vivo GSH depletion on thermosensitivity, radiosensitivity and thermal radiosensitization

E. L. Jones Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, 03756, USA; Department of Medicine, Section of Radiation Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, 03756, USA; Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03756, USA
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E. B. Douple Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, 03756, USA; Department of Medicine, Section of Radiation Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, 03756, USA; Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03756, USA
Pages 951-955 | Received 14 Aug 1989, Accepted 15 Dec 1989, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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