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Leist, M., Nicotera, P. (1998). Calcium and neuronal death. In: Reviews of Physiology Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Volume 132. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, vol 132. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0004986

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