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Translated from Khimiko-farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 25, No. 9, pp. 20–28, September, 1991.

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Birinberg, E.M., Rudakova, I.P. Search for new anti-tumor drugs among compounds inhibiting enzymes involved in folic acid metabolism (a review). Pharm Chem J 25, 611–622 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00777683

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