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Effects of diltiazem compared with nicardipine on diaphragmatic fatigability in vivo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2005

Y. Fujii
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Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan
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© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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