Repurposing – second life for drugs

Porkodi Ayyar; Umamaheswari Subramanian

doi:10.3897/pharmacia.69.e72548

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Pharmacia 69(1): 51-59
https://doi.org/10.3897/pharmacia.69.e72548 (05 Jan 2022)

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