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[H+-Ca2+-exchanger in the myometrium mitochondria: modulation of exogenous and endogenous compounds]

O V Kolomiiets', Iu V Danylovych, H V Danylovych

    Fiziolohichnyi Zhurnal (Kiev, Ukraine : 1994)
    |January 9, 2015
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