Testosterone Relaxes Rabbit Seminal Vesicle by Calcium Channel Inhibition |
Kim, Jong-Kok
(Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)
Han, Woo-Ha (Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) Lee, Moo-Yeol (Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) Myung, Soon-Chul (Departments of Urology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) Kim, Sae-Chul (Departments of Urology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University) Kim, Min-Ky (Department of Neurology, Seoul Medical Center) |
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