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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, San Francisco, California, May 4 to 8, 1975.
Supported in part by USPHS Grants HL 11802, HL 18070, and 15580 and a grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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Hughes, J.P., Kadowitz, P.J., Hyman, A.L. et al. Pharmacology of human isolated colonic circular and longitudinal smooth muscle from cancer and non-cancer patients. Dis Colon Rectum 19, 120–125 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590863
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