BotAF, a new Buthus occitanus tunetanus scorpion toxin, produces potent analgesia in rodents
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عنوان ژورنال: Toxicon
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0041-0101
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.01.003