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. 1963 Feb;49(2):193–200. doi: 10.1073/pnas.49.2.193

FINE STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN HEART MUSCLE IN RELATION TO THE LENGTH-TENSION CURVE*

E H Sonnenblick 1,2, D Spiro 1,2, T S Cottrell 1,2
PMCID: PMC299776  PMID: 13978234

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