The turnover of brain monoamines after total hepatectomy in rats infused with branched chain amino acids
β Scribed by Mogens Bugge; Finn Bengtsson; Anders Nobin; Bengt Jeppsson; Per Herlin
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 745 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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