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. 1959 Oct;148(1):127–160. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1959.sp006278

The influence of potassium and chloride ions on the membrane potential of single muscle fibres

A L Hodgkin, P Horowicz
PMCID: PMC1363113  PMID: 14402240

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