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Fluorinated Pyrimidines, A New Class of Tumour-Inhibitory Compounds

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    CHARLES HEIDELBERGER,  N. K. CHAUDHURI,  PETER DANNEBERG,  DOROTHY MOOREN &  LOIS GRIESBACH

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HEIDELBERGER, C., CHAUDHURI, N., DANNEBERG, P. et al. Fluorinated Pyrimidines, A New Class of Tumour-Inhibitory Compounds. Nature 179, 663–666 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179663a0

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