Drug Repurposing Approach Identifies a Synergistic Drug Combination of an Antifungal Agent and an Experimental Organometallic Drug for Melanoma Treatment
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Pharmaceutics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1543-8384,1543-8392
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00764