Cocaine-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in primary cultures of rat cardiomyocytes
โ Scribed by Cai Yuan; Daniel Acosta Jr.
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 877 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-483X
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