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. 1994 Feb;66(2 Pt 1):542–545. doi: 10.1016/s0006-3495(94)80807-0

Slow Na+ channel inactivation must be disrupted to evoke prolonged depolarization-induced paralysis.

R L Ruff
PMCID: PMC1275721  PMID: 8161707

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