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Ultraviolet filter compounds in human lenses: 3-hydroxykynurenine glucoside formation

✍ Scribed by Andrew M. Wood; Roger J.W. Truscott


Book ID
116075632
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
928 KB
Volume
34
Category
Article
ISSN
0042-6989

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