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Research Article

Discovery of New VEGFR-2 Inhibitors and Apoptosis inducer-based thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine

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Pages 2065-2086 | Received 11 May 2023, Accepted 17 Oct 2023, Published online: 13 Nov 2023

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