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Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. Part A: Theory and Practice Volume 9, 1987 - Issue 7
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Original Article

Antihypertensive Action of Melatonin in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat

Koichiro Kawashima Department of Pharmacology, Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105, Japan
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Yuko Miwa Department of Pharmacology, Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105, Japan
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Kazuko Fujimoto Department of Pharmacology, Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105, Japan
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Hisayo Oohata Department of Pharmacology, Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105, Japan
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Hiroshi Nishino Central Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140, Japan
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Hiroyuki Koike Central Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140, Japan
Pages 1121-1131 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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