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. 1967 Jun;57(6):1893–1897. doi: 10.1073/pnas.57.6.1893

Theophylline, epinephrine, and neostigmine facilitation of neuromuscular transmission.

B M Breckenridge, J H Burn, F M Matschinsky
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