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Editorial
. 2022 Jun 15:13:947511.
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.947511. eCollection 2022.

Editorial: Structure Related Druggability of Voltage-Gated Sodium and Calcium Ion-Channels to Treat Diseases

Tamer M Gamal El-Din  1 , Thomas Zimmer  2 , Mohamed Chahine  3
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Editorial: Structure Related Druggability of Voltage-Gated Sodium and Calcium Ion-Channels to Treat Diseases

Tamer M Gamal El-Din et al. Front Pharmacol. .
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Keywords: VSD; drug design; druggability of voltage-gated sodium channels; fenestrations; pore domain.

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