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Current Medicinal Chemistry

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 0929-8673
ISSN (Online): 1875-533X

Editorial

C-KIT Receptor Inhibition as a Promising Approach to Design Anticancer Drugs

Author(s): Igor José dos Santos Nascimento* and Ricardo Olimpio de Moura

Volume 30, Issue 24, 2023

Published on: 23 January, 2023

Page: [2702 - 2704] Pages: 3

DOI: 10.2174/0929867330666230111110537

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