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. 1958 May;37(5):655–659. doi: 10.1172/JCI103650

CHOLESTEROL BIOSYNTHESIS. STUDIES RELATED TO THE METABOLIC ROLE OF SQUALENE1

Maxwell L Eidinoff 1,2, Joseph E Knoll 1,2, Benjamin J Marano 1,2, Elling Kvamme 1,2,2, Robert S Rosenfeld 1,2, Leon Hellman 1,2
PMCID: PMC293136  PMID: 13539207

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