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. 2010 Sep;177(3):1573-4; author reply 1574.
doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.100484. Epub 2010 Jul 22.

Cimetidine as an organic cation transporter antagonist

Hans Ehrsson, Inger Wallin
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Cimetidine as an organic cation transporter antagonist

Hans Ehrsson et al. Am J Pathol. 2010 Sep.

Abstract

This Correspondence relates to “Organic transporter 2 mediates cisplatin-induced oto- and nephrotoxicity and is a target for protective interventions” (Am J Pathol 2010, 176:1169–1180).

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