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Original Article

Ultrastructural and Histochemical Study of the Neuromuscular Junctions in the Denervated Intrinsic Laryngeal Muscle of the Cat

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Pages 607-614 | Received 12 Jun 1990, Accepted 21 Sep 1990, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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