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Br J Pharmacoljournal_title
British journal of pharmacologyauthors
Wanstall JC,O'Donnell SRdoi
10.1111/j.1476-5381.1989.tb16895.xsubject
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1989-09-01 00:00:00pages
302-8issue
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