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Isotachophoresis provides an effective method of examining purines and pyrimidines in muscle extracts. Its application to dystrophic muscle of the Duchenne type is illustrated.
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Oerlemans, F., van Bennekom, C., De Bruyn, C. et al. Metabolite profiling of human muscle extracts by isotachophoresis. J Inherit Metab Dis 4, 109–110 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02263615
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