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The effect of probucol on the proliferation of cultured human umbilical vascular endothelial cells

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    Takehiko Tajika, Kazuhiro Ono, Yoshinori Kyo & Mamoru Miura

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Tajika, T., Ono, K., Kyo, Y. et al. The effect of probucol on the proliferation of cultured human umbilical vascular endothelial cells. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 29, 347–349 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02633978

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