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. 1961 Sep;40(9):1684–1695. doi: 10.1172/JCI104391

THE METABOLISM OF TRITIATED FOLIC ACID IN MAN*

D G Johns 1,, Simonetta Sperti 1, A S V Burgen 1
PMCID: PMC290862  PMID: 13790219

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