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Morphine facilitates doxorubicin penetration in the central nervous system: a new prospect for therapy of brain tumors

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Sardi, I. Morphine facilitates doxorubicin penetration in the central nervous system: a new prospect for therapy of brain tumors. J Neurooncol 104, 619–620 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-010-0518-9

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