Lactate and pyruvate content of the human cisternal cerebrospinal fluid
✍ Scribed by B. Vámosi; P. Diószeghy; L. Molnár
- Book ID
- 104731883
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 734 KB
- Volume
- 232
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-8491
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