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. 1968 Aug 1;38(2):454–457. doi: 10.1083/jcb.38.2.454

AXON BEADINGS IN AUTONOMIC CHOLINERGIC NERVES

A C Esterhuizen 1, T L B Spriggs 1, J D Lever 1
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