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Apoptosis and the regulation of cell numbers in normal and neoplastic tissues: an overview

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Wyllie, A.H. Apoptosis and the regulation of cell numbers in normal and neoplastic tissues: an overview. Cancer Metast Rev 11, 95–103 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00048057

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