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M Tibensky1,2, B Mravec3,4

  • 1Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Physiology, Comenius University, Sasinkova 2, 813 72, Bratislava, Slovakia. miroslav.tibensky@fmed.uniba.sk.

Clinical & Translational Oncology : Official Publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico
|August 10, 2020
PubMed

Keywords:
AcetylcholineCancerHeart rate variabilityVagal nerve stimulationVagotomyVagus nerve

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