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. 1993 Sep;92(3):1119–1125. doi: 10.1172/JCI116680

Abnormalities in G protein-coupled signal transduction pathways in human disease.

A M Spiegel 1, L S Weinstein 1, A Shenker 1
PMCID: PMC288248  PMID: 8397218

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