Molecular physiology of ion channels that control cardiac repolarization

Cardiac Safety of Noncardiac Drugs: Practical Guidelines for Clinical Research and Drug Development

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 13-36

  Nerbonne, Jeanne M ^a   Kass, Robert S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59259-884-7_2     Document Type: Chapter

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