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Methods for the Determination of Rates of Glucose and Fatty Acid Oxidation in the Isolated Working Rat Heart
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Glycogenolytic effect of adrenaline in skeletal muscle of rats adapted to endurance exercise

J Górski

    Acta Physiologica Polonica
    |September 1, 1978
    PubMed

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