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Overview of homocysteine and folate metabolism. With special references to cardiovascular disease and neural tube defects

✍ Scribed by Henk J. Blom; Yvo Smulders

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 176 KB
Volume: 34
Category: Article
ISSN: 0141-8955
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-010-9177-4

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