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Impaired metabolism of leukotrienes in inherited metabolic disorders

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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  1. University Children's Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    E. Mayatepek & G. F. Hoffmann

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Mayatepek, E., Hoffmann, G.F. Impaired metabolism of leukotrienes in inherited metabolic disorders. J Inherit Metab Dis 17, 263–266 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00711803

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