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Amiodarone blocks inactivated cardiac sodium channels

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Francisco, 94305, Stanford, California, USA

    J. W. Mason, L. M. Hondeghem & B. G. Katzung

  2. Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, California, USA

    J. W. Mason, L. M. Hondeghem & B. G. Katzung

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Mason, J.W., Hondeghem, L.M. & Katzung, B.G. Amiodarone blocks inactivated cardiac sodium channels. Pflugers Arch. 396, 79–81 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00584702

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