Effect of simvastatin on vascular smooth muscle responsiveness: involvement of Ca2+ homeostasis
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in European Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 415 (2-3) , 217-224
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-2999(01)00819-6
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