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Repeated Measurement of Respiratory Muscle Activity and Ventilation in Mouse Models of Neuromuscular Disease
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[The pharmacological correction of respiratory musculature fatigue]

I A Vinogradova, A I Shevchenko

    Eksperimental'Naia I Klinicheskaia Farmakologiia
    |July 1, 1997
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