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A primer on tissue pH and local anesthetic potency

Rebecca L E Pope1, Angus M Brown1,2

  • 1School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Advances in Physiology Education
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PubMed

Keywords:
Na+ channelacidlidocainelocal anestheticpH

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