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Effect of calcium channel blockers on stress-induced visceral, endocrinological and immune responses

P K Mediratta1, K K Sharma, S G Chowdhury

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, University College of Medical Sciences and G.T.B. Hospital, 110 095 Delhi.

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry : IJCB
|October 30, 2012
PubMed

Keywords:
Corticosterone levelsGastric ulcerogenesisImmune responsesRestraint stress

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