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Treatment of autochthonous rat brain tumors with steroid plus heparin: A brief report

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Treatment of rats bearing intracranial gliomas induced by the avian sarcoma virus with heparin plus steroid has failed to effectively extend survival time.

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  1. Division of Neurological Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 148 Burnett Womack CSB 229H, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Yehia El-Hennawi, G. Yancey Gillespie & M. S. Mahaley

  2. Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Darell D. Bigner

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El-Hennawi, Y., Gillespie, G.Y., Mahaley, M.S. et al. Treatment of autochthonous rat brain tumors with steroid plus heparin: A brief report. J Neuro-Oncol 5, 161–162 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02571304

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