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Cerebrospinal fluid nitrite plus nitrate correlates with tetrahydrobiopterin concentration

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  1. Department of Clinical Biochemistry, National Hospital, London, UK

    S. J. R. Heales & J. M. Land

  2. Department of Neurochemistry, Institute of Neurology, London, UK

    S. J. R. Heales, L. Canevari, M. P. Brand & J. B. Clark

  3. Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

    K. Hyland

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Heales, S.J.R., Canevari, L., Brand, M.P. et al. Cerebrospinal fluid nitrite plus nitrate correlates with tetrahydrobiopterin concentration. J Inherit Metab Dis 22, 221–223 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005540828706

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