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The therapeutic strategy of drug re-positioning to induce autophagic cell death in brain malignancy

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  1. Department of Immunological Diagnosis, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Japan

    Go J. Yoshida

  2. Department of Pathology and Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan

    Go J. Yoshida

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Yoshida, G.J. The therapeutic strategy of drug re-positioning to induce autophagic cell death in brain malignancy. Apoptosis 25, 457–458 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-020-01617-1

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