High-pressure-liquid-chromatographic analysis of tetracarboxylic porphyrins in hepatic porphyrias.
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SUBMITTER: Jackson AH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1153904 | biostudies-other | 1982 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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