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Special Focus Issue: Rare Diseases – Editorial

Druggability of the Inward Rectifier Family: A Hope for Rare Channelopathies?

Jerod S DentonDepartment of Anesthesiology, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN37232, USA. [email protected]View further author information
Pages 971-973 | Published online: 28 Jul 2014

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