Prospects for Pharmacologic Targeting of Gap Junction Channels

Cardiac Electrophysiology: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 158-167

  Srinivas, Miduturu ^a   Duffy, Heather ^a   Delmar, Mario ^b   Spray, David C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70349357988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-7216-0323-8/50022-1     Document Type: Chapter

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