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. 1964 Jul;171(3):504–513. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1964.sp007393

Acetylcholine and choline acetyltransferase in the diaphragm of the rat

Catherine O Hebb, K Krnjević, Ann Silver
PMCID: PMC1368847  PMID: 14193937

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