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. 1962 Jul;41(7):1472–1483. doi: 10.1172/JCI104602

URINARY UROCANIC ACID IN MAN: THE IDENTIFICATION OF UROCANIC ACID AND THE COMPARATIVE EXCRETIONS OF UROCANIC ACID AND N-FORMIMINOGLUTAMIC ACID AFTER ORAL HISTIDINE IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER DISEASE

A D Merritt 1,†, D L Rucknagel 1,†, M Silverman 1, R C Gardiner 1
PMCID: PMC291058  PMID: 14472889

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