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Fol. Biol. 2010, 56, 14-18

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2010056010014

Cardiotoxic Injury Caused by Chronic Administration of Microcystin-YR

D. Šuput1, R. Zorc-Pleskovič2, D. Petrovič2, Aleksandra Milutinović2

1Institute of Pathophysiology, Medical School of Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2Institute of Histology and Embryology, Medical School of Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Received April 2009
Accepted August 2009

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