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Effects of pituitrin and vasopressin on hepatic circulation

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  1. From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Clinical Hospital, Catholic University of Chile, Chile

    Hector Orrego M.D., Ismael Mena M.D., Gonzalo Sepulveda M.D., Catalina Maggiolo M.D., Alberto Munoz M.D. & Fernando Duran M.D.

  2. the Gastroenterological Unit, Clinical Hospital, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Hector Orrego M.D., Ismael Mena M.D., Gonzalo Sepulveda M.D., Catalina Maggiolo M.D., Alberto Munoz M.D. & Fernando Duran M.D.

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Supported in part by Rockefeller Foundation Grant No. RF6 1139.

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Orrego, H., Mena, I., Sepulveda, G. et al. Effects of pituitrin and vasopressin on hepatic circulation. Digest Dis Sci 9, 109–120 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02243514

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