ACTIONS OF WHOLE AND FRACTIONATED INDIAN COBRA (NAJA NAJA) VENOM ON SKELETAL MUSCLE
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy
سال: 1965
ISSN: 0366-0826
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1965.tb01772.x