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Amino acidaemias and brain maturation: Interference with sulphate activation and myelin metabolism

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Hommes, F.A. Amino acidaemias and brain maturation: Interference with sulphate activation and myelin metabolism. J Inherit Metab Dis 8 (Suppl 2), 121–122 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811488

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