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. 1955 Mar;10(1):61–65. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1955.tb00061.x

The action of lysergic acid diethylamide on mammalian cholinesterases

R H S Thompson, A Tickner, G R Webster
PMCID: PMC1509465  PMID: 14351688

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