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. 1962 Apr;83(1):114–124. doi: 10.1042/bj0830114

Toxic liver injury and carcinogenesis. Methylation of rat-liver nucleic acids by dimethylnitrosamine in vivo

P N Magee 1,*, E Farber 1,†
PMCID: PMC1243517  PMID: 14468247

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