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. 1956 May 28;132(2):304–342. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1956.sp005526

The constriction of the ductus arteriosus caused by oxygen and by asphyxia in newborn lambs

G V R Born, G S Dawes, Joan C Mott, Barbara R Rennick
PMCID: PMC1363497  PMID: 13320399

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