Acta Med. 2004, 47: 201-204

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.92

Butyrylcholinesterase – Positive Innervation of the Spleen in Rats

Mária Siroťákováa, Katarína Schmidtováb, Monika Kočišováb

aUniversity P. J. Šafárik, Medical Faculty, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Košice, Slovak Republic
bUniversity P. J. Šafárik, Medical Faculty, Institute of Anatomy, Košice, Slovak Republic

Received March 1, 2004
Accepted June 1, 2004

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