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  • Quercetin, P-glycoprotein, CYP3A Isozymes
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  1. Istituto di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Facoltá di Medicina e Chirurgia “Agostino Gemelli”, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, I-00168, Rome, Italy

    G. Scambia, F. O. Ranelletti, P. Benedetti-Panici, R. De Vincenzo, G. Bonanno, G. Ferrandina, M. Piantelli & S. Mancuso

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Scambia, G., Ranelletti, F.O., Benedetti-Panici, P. et al. Reply to the letter to the editors. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 36, 449–450 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00686196

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