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Neonatal screening for dihydropteridine reductase deficiency

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Aston, B4 7ET, Birmingham, UK

    A. Sahota, J. A. Blair & P. A. Barford

  2. Department of Haematology, General Hospital, B4 6NH, Birmingham, UK

    R. J. Leeming

  3. Department of Clinical Chemistry, Children's Hospital, B16 8ET, Birmingham, UK

    A. Green

  4. Neonatal Screening Laboratory, Middlewood Hospital, S6 1TP, Sheffield, UK

    R. J. Pollitt

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Sahota, A., Blair, J.A., Barford, P.A. et al. Neonatal screening for dihydropteridine reductase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 8 (Suppl 2), 99–100 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811477

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