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. 1970 Feb;33(1):40–54. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.33.1.40

Changes in motor innervation and cholinesterase localization induced by botulinum toxin in skeletal muscle of the mouse: differences between fast and slow muscles.

L W Duchen
PMCID: PMC493406  PMID: 4907278

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