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Research Article

Low concentration of formononetin stimulates the proliferation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE2 by upregulating bcl-2 and p-ERK1/2 expression

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Pages 1841-1846 | Received 14 Aug 2015, Accepted 05 Dec 2015, Published online: 26 Feb 2016

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