Summary
From the analyses of families, populations, and somatic cell hybrids it could be concluded that the S-formylglutathione hydrolase (FGH) and esterase D (ESD) polymorphisms are identical.
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Apeshiotis, F., Bender, K. Evidence that S-formylglutathione hydrolase and esterase D polymorphisms are identical. Hum Genet 74, 176–177 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00282086
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00282086