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Is Thiosulfate Sulfurtransferase the Colonic Sulfide Oxidase?

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  1. The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    Margaret C. Eggo, Rhian Warrack, Michael J. Langman & Sukhdev Singh

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Sundaram Ramasamy

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Eggo, M.C., Warrack, R., Ramasamy, S. et al. Is Thiosulfate Sulfurtransferase the Colonic Sulfide Oxidase?. Dig Dis Sci 53, 862 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-007-9936-8

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