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. 1960 Feb;46(2):178–186. doi: 10.1073/pnas.46.2.178

BIOCHEMICAL AND NUTRITIONAL STUDIES ON THE INDUCTION OF FATTY LIVERS BY DIETARY OROTIC ACID*

R E Handschumacher 1,2,, W A Creasey 1,2,, J J Jaffe 1,2, C A Pasternak 1,2,‡,§, L Hankin 1,2
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