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. 1964 Aug;52(2):478–485. doi: 10.1073/pnas.52.2.478

A SUGGESTED CONTROL GENE MECHANISM FOR THE EXCESSIVE PRODUCTION OF TYPES I AND III PORPHYRINS IN CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA*

C J Watson 1, W Runge 1, L Taddeini 1, Irene Bossenmater 1, Ruth Cardinal 1
PMCID: PMC300302  PMID: 14206613

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