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This work was supported by a grant (GTN1007557) from the National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia to VGM.
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Sesa-Ashton, G., Macefield, V.G. Sympathetic vascular transduction and baroreflex sensitivity in the context of severe COPD. Clin Auton Res 34, 219–222 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-023-01003-2
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