Therapeutic Monitoring of the Anti-Anginal Drug Perhexiline Maleate

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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine

سال: 1985

ISSN: 0004-5632,1758-1001

DOI: 10.1177/000456328502200611