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Electrophysiological basis of metabolic-syndrome-induced cardiac dysfunction

Esma N Okatan1,1, Aysegul Toy Durak1,1, Belma Turan1,1

  • 1Department of Biophysics, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
|June 21, 2016
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