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. 1954 Jul;33(7):984–988. doi: 10.1172/JCI102976

THE PLASMA “AMMONIA” AND GLUTAMINE CONTENT IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC COMA ^¹

J Edwin Seegmiller ^1,^2,^3,², Robert Schwartz ^1,^2,^3,², Charles S Davidson ^1,^2,³

PMCID: PMC438530 PMID: 13174653

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