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Arginine remains an essential amino acid after liver transplantation in urea cycle enzyme deficiencies

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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Rabier, D., Narcy, C., Bardet, J. et al. Arginine remains an essential amino acid after liver transplantation in urea cycle enzyme deficiencies. J Inherit Metab Dis 14, 277–280 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811681

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