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Anticancer activity of metal compounds with superoxide dismutase activity

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  1. Radiation Research Laboratory, 14 Medical Laboratories, The University of Iowa, 52242, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

    Larry W. Oberley, S. W. C. Leuthauser & Loren Schutt

  2. Department of Chemistry, Ithaca College, 14850, Ithaca, New York, USA

    Robert F. Pasternack

  3. Department of Pathology and Immunobiology Research Center, University of Wisconsin, 470 North Charter Street, 53706, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Terry D. Oberley

  4. College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Campus, 4301 West Markham Street, 72201, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

    John R. J. Sorenson

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Oberley, L.W., Leuthauser, S.W.C., Pasternack, R.F. et al. Anticancer activity of metal compounds with superoxide dismutase activity. Agents and Actions 15, 535–538 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01966769

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