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The clinical pharmacology of VM26 and VP16-213

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Creaven, P.J. The clinical pharmacology of VM26 and VP16-213. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 7, 133–140 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00254535

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