Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 309-317 , April 2010

17β-Estradiol accentuates contractility of rat genioglossal muscle via regulation of estrogen receptor α

,Accepted 1 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.02.002

Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 4 , Pages 309-317 , April 2010

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