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Creese and Maclagan have reported evidence that labelled decamethonium enters the fibres of striated muscles when the drug is injected into rats (preceding communication). It was found that this radioactivity is lost slowly from the muscles and can still be detected after days or weeks.
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TAYLOR, D., DIXON, W., CREESE, R. et al. Diffusion of Decamethonium in the Rat. Nature 215, 989 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215989a0
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