K(ATP) channel currents regulate membrane potential in freshly isolated human and rat bladder smooth muscle cells.

Urology

Department of Urology, Institute for Smooth Muscle Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.

Published: June 2001

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