Plasma α-Ketoglutarate in Urea Cycle Enzymopathies and Its Role as a Harbinger of Hyperammonemic Coma
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198012000-00008