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. 1960 Dec;39(12):1885–1893. doi: 10.1172/JCI104212

ENHANCEMENT OF POTASSIUM-INDUCED ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK BY TOXIC DOSES OF DIGITALIS DRUGS *

Charles Fisch 1,2, B L Martz 1,2, Fred H Priebe 1,2
PMCID: PMC441913  PMID: 13699784

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