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. 1960 Feb;150(2):399–416. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006394

Differentiation of fast and slow muscles in the cat hind limb

A J Buller, J C Eccles, Rosamond M Eccles
PMCID: PMC1363171  PMID: 13805873

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