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Original Article

Inhibition of Murine Sarcoma Cell Adherence to Polystyrene Substrata by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin: Evidence for Fibronectin-Mediated Direct Antitumor Activity of BCG

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Pages 660-666 | Published online: 11 Jun 2009

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