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. 1966 Dec;7(6):635–639. doi: 10.1136/gut.7.6.635

Gastrointestinal urease in man. II. Urea hydrolysis and ammonia absorption in upper and lower gut lumen and the effect of neomycin.

W B Evans, T Aoyagi, W H Summerskill
PMCID: PMC1552656  PMID: 5957515

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