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M2, M3, and M4 muscarinic receptors are expressed in the guinea pig gallbladder

Hulya CabadakDepartment of Biophysics, Marmara University School of Medicine, Haydarpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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Adolfo E. Cuadra
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Esam E. El-FakahanyDivision of Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Beki KanDepartment of Biophysics, Marmara University School of Medicine, Haydarpasa, Istanbul, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 63-66 | Received 15 Oct 2008, Accepted 12 Dec 2008, Published online: 01 Feb 2009

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