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Herrmann-Frank, A., Lüttgau, HC. & George Stephenson, D. Caffeine and excitation–contraction coupling in skeletal muscle: a stimulating story. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 20, 223–236 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005496708505
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