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Estramustine-binding protein in rat and human prostate

B Forsgren1

  • 1Department of Cancer Pharmacology, AB LEO Research Laboratories, Sweden.

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. Supplementum
|January 1, 1988
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