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. 1997 Dec;77(6):535–541. doi: 10.1136/adc.77.6.535

Treatment of congenital lactic acidosis with dichloroacetate

P Stacpoole 1, C Barnes 1, M Hurbanis 1, S Cannon 1, D Kerr 1
PMCID: PMC1717417  PMID: 9496194

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