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Progesterone antagonists block the growth of experimental mammary tumors in G0/G1

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  1. Research Laboratories of Schering Berlin, University of Texas, USA

    Horst Michna, Martin Schneider, Yukishige Nishino & M. Fathy El Etreby

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Texas, USA

    William L. McGuire

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Michna, H., Schneider, M., Nishino, Y. et al. Progesterone antagonists block the growth of experimental mammary tumors in G0/G1 . Breast Cancer Res Tr 17, 155–156 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01806296

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