Acetylcholine-Induced Contractions in the Porcine Internal Mammary Artery: Possible Role of Muscarinic Receptors

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 509-515

  Pesic S ^a   Grbovic L ^b   Jovanovic A ^b   Radenkovic M ^b  

^a Department of Pharmacology

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

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EID: 17044455575     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.1999.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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