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. 1959 Dec;149(1):78–92. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1959.sp006326

A study of intracellular potentials and contractions in atria, including evidence for an after-potential

E M Vaughan Williams
PMCID: PMC1363201  PMID: 13841486

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