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What is the origin of 3-methylglutaconic acid?

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, The Children's Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, 1, Ireland

    R. Walsh, H. Conway, G. Roche & P. D. Mayne

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Walsh, R., Conway, H., Roche, G. et al. What is the origin of 3-methylglutaconic acid?. J Inherit Metab Dis 22, 251–255 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005573819137

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