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Testing the Efficacy of Pharmacological Agents in a Pericardial Target Delivery Model in the Swine
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Testing the Efficacy of Pharmacological Agents in a Pericardial Target Delivery Model in the Swine

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[Adrenaline application by intraperitoneal depot capsule -- effects in the heart (author's transl)]

H G Klingenberg, J Porta, G Egger

    Experimentelle Pathologie
    |January 1, 1977
    PubMed

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