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. 1957 May;36(5):706–712. doi: 10.1172/JCI103473

BIOCHEMICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE USE OF L-GLUTAMIC ACID IN THE TREATMENT OF HEPATIC COMA

Frank L Iber 1,1, Thomas C Chalmers 1,2, Barbara Stowers 1, Albert Fryar 1, Anna Marie Link 1
PMCID: PMC441740  PMID: 13428861

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