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. 1961 Apr;40(4):617–623. doi: 10.1172/JCI104292

THE EFFECT OF VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE URINARY EXCRETION OF TRYPTOPHAN METABOLITES BY PREGNANT WOMEN*

R R Brown 1, Madeline J Thornton 1, J M Price 1,†
PMCID: PMC290765  PMID: 16695856

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