Role of delayed rectifier potassium channels in cardiac repolarization and arrhythmias

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 152-157

  Sanguinetti, Michael C ^a   Keating, Mark T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0031497303     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1997.12.4.152     Document Type: Article

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