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Pristanic acid and phytanic acid in plasma from patients with a single peroxisomal enzyme deficiency

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ten Brink, H.J., Wanders, R.J.A., Stellaard, F. et al. Pristanic acid and phytanic acid in plasma from patients with a single peroxisomal enzyme deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 14, 345–348 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811699

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