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Echocardiography, a non-invasive method for the assessment of cardiac function and morphology in preclinical drug toxicology and safety pharmacology

, DVM DABT, , MD PhD, , PhD, , MD PhD & , PhD
Pages 681-696 | Published online: 08 Jul 2008

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