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Cardiopulmonary bypass and plasma taurine

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    Kazuo Irita, Shin-ichiro Yoshitake, Hironao Okabe, Jonaid Shafiq, Tareen Faiz Mohammad, Jun-ichi Yoshitake & Shosuke Takahashi

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Irita, K., Yoshitake, Si., Okabe, H. et al. Cardiopulmonary bypass and plasma taurine. J Anesth 7, 352–356 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054030070352

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