5-Fluorouracil: Forty-Plus and Still Ticking. A Review of its Preclinical and Clinical Development
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Grem, J. L. (2000). 5-Fluorouracil: Forty-Plus and Still Ticking. A Review of its Preclinical and Clinical Development. Investigational New Drugs, 18(4), 299–313.

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  1. Jean L. Grem (first)
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@article{Grem_2000, title={5-Fluorouracil: Forty-Plus and Still Ticking. A Review of its Preclinical and Clinical Development}, volume={18}, ISSN={1573-0646}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1006416410198}, DOI={10.1023/a:1006416410198}, number={4}, journal={Investigational New Drugs}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Grem, Jean L.}, year={2000}, month=nov, pages={299–313} }