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. 1959 Jan;38(1 Pt 1-2):31–38. doi: 10.1172/JCI103793

STUDIES ON THE BIOGENESIS AND METABOLISM OF NOREPINEPHRINE IN PATIENTS WITH PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA*

Albert Sjoerdsma 1, Lemuel C Leeper 1,†, Luther L Terry 1, Sidney Udenfriend 1
PMCID: PMC444112  PMID: 13620769

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