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Original Article

The Impact of Polyamine Analogues on the Blood Pressure of Normotensive and Hypertensive Rats

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Pages 1197-1217 | Received 03 Feb 1995, Accepted 13 Jun 1995, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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