A natural history of "agonist"

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 350-358

  Russo, Ruth ^a  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

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ACETYLCHOLINE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

BIOCHEMISTRY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PHARMACOLOGY; RESEARCH; TERMINOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

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