Post- and prejunctional consequences of ecto-ATPase inhibition: electrical and contractile studies in guinea-pig vas deferens
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Physiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0022-3751
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.109678