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Carbohydrate Metabolism of Tumours

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RECENT correspondence by Drs. Boyland and Dickens in NATURE has raised once again the question of the existence of an abnormal carbohydrate metabolism of tumours.

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BERENBLUM, I., CHAIN, E. & HEATLEY, N. Carbohydrate Metabolism of Tumours. Nature 145, 778–779 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145778c0

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