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The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of Professor J.R. Slack and the support of Professor R. Reneman and Mrs Jos Heemskerk, Department of Physiology, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, P.O. Box 17666, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

    Wim J. E. P. Lammers, Anne Marijke Lammers-van den Berg & John F. B. Morrison

  2. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

    Georg A. Petroianu

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Lammers, W.J.E.P., Lammers-van den Berg, A.M., Morrison, J.F.B. et al. Translating Trendelenburg; back to the future. Naunyn Schmied Arch Pharmacol 373, 134–138 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-006-0051-8

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