, Guyton & Hall Physiology Review
Second Editi
John E. Hall, PhD
Arthur C. Guyton,
Professor and Chair , Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson,
Mississippi
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