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. 1998 Jul;53(7):613–618. doi: 10.1136/thx.53.7.613

Pulmonary neuronal M2 muscarinic receptor function in asthma and animal models of hyperreactivity

R Costello 1, D Jacoby 1, A Fryer 1
PMCID: PMC1745261  PMID: 9797763

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