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Alternative modes of action of sodium cromoglycate

  • Histamine and Kinins
  • Proceedings of the Symposium ‘The Mast Cell Revisited’ November 8, 1984 New York, USA
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  1. Hypersensitivity Diseases Research, The Upjohn Co., 49001, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.

    I. M. Richards

  2. Midhurst Medical Research Institute, Midhurst, West Sussex, U.K.

    M. Dixon

  3. Pharmacology Department, Fisons plc., Bakewell Road, LE11 0RH, Loughborough, Leicestershire, U.K.

    D. M. Jackson & K. Vendy

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Richards, I.M., Dixon, M., Jackson, D.M. et al. Alternative modes of action of sodium cromoglycate. Agents and Actions 18, 294–300 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964987

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