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K(ATP) channels mediate the beta(2)-adrenoceptor agonist-induced relaxation of rat detrusor muscle

D Hudman1, R A Elliott, R I Norman

  • 1Department of Medicine, Division of Medicine for the Elderly, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, LE5 4PW, Leicester, UK. dh35@le.ac.uk

European Journal of Pharmacology
|June 14, 2000
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