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7 - L-carnitine therapy in primary and secondary carnitine deficiency disorders

from SECTION II - COFACTORS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2010

By
Susan C. Winter ,
Brian Schreiber  and
Neil R. M. Buist
Edited by
Jess G. Thoene
Jess G. Thoene
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Small Molecule Therapy for Genetic Disease , pp. 86 - 98
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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