Effect of electric-field intensity on electropermeabilization and electrosensitivity of various tumor-cell lines in vitro

Electro- and Magnetobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 263-272

  Čemažar, Maja ^a   Jarm, Tomaž ^b   Miklavčič, Damijan ^b   Lebar, Alenka Maček ^b   Ihan, Alojz ^b   Kopitar, Nataša Andreja ^b   Serša, Gregor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electropermeabilization; Electrosensitivity; Tumor cell lines in vitro

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343505835     PISSN: 10619526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15368379809022571     Document Type: Article

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