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In vitro comparison of cytotoxic effects of crotoxin against three human tumors and a normal human epidermal keratinocyte cell line

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  1. SRI International, Menlo Park, CA

    Colette J. Rudd

  2. Ventech Research, Inc., University Park at MIT, 38 Sidney Street, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Luis J. Viskatis, Juan C. Vidal & Martin A. Etcheverry

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Rudd, C.J., Viskatis, L.J., Vidal, J.C. et al. In vitro comparison of cytotoxic effects of crotoxin against three human tumors and a normal human epidermal keratinocyte cell line. Invest New Drugs 12, 183–184 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00873958

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