Ca2+ sparks in cardiac muscle: Is there life without them?

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Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 129-134

  Niggli, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0033407029     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1999.14.4.129     Document Type: Article

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