Adenosine effect on lactate and pyruvate production in the hypoxic guineapig heart
✍ Scribed by Roger Gutierrez-Juárez; Vicente Madrid-Marina; Enrique Piña
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 407 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-711X
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