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Ute Krügel1, Thomas Schraft, Holger Kittner

  • 1Rudolf-Boehm-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leipzig, Haertelstrasse 16-18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany. krueu@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

European Journal of Pharmacology
|December 9, 2003
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