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Original Article

Response of Rat Lungs to Amiodarone: Preferential Accumulation of Amiodarone and Desethylamiodarone in Alveolar Macrophages

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Pages 577-591 | Received 18 Aug 1989, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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