Presence of N-methyldopamine in parkinsonian and normal human brains
β Scribed by Mitsuharu Kajita; Toshimitsu Niwa; Naohito Takeda; Hideo Yoshizumi; Akira Tatematsu; Kazuyoshi Watanabe; Toshiharu Nagatsu
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Weight
- 533 KB
- Volume
- 613
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-4347
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