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. 1965 Jul;47(1):125–145.

Pathogenesis of Orotic Acid-Induced Fatty Change in the Rat Liver

Light and Electron Microscopic Studies

Peter Jatlow, W Robert Adams, Robert E Handschumacher
PMCID: PMC1920407  PMID: 14308133

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