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Abnormal cobalamin metabolism in a megaloblastic child with homocystinuria, cystathioninuria and methylmalonic aciduria

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  1. Vincent Square Laboratories of Westminster Hospital, 124 Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1V 2RH, London, UK

    J. C. Linnell, B. Miranda & H. R. Bhatt

  2. Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    S. B. Dowton & H. L. Levy

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Linnell, J.C., Miranda, B., Bhatt, H.R. et al. Abnormal cobalamin metabolism in a megaloblastic child with homocystinuria, cystathioninuria and methylmalonic aciduria. J Inherit Metab Dis 6 (Suppl 2), 137–139 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01810365

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