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Defects in the synthesis of cysteinyl leukotrienes: A new group of inborn errors of metabolism

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  1. Division of Metabolic Diseases, Department of General Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

    E. Mayatepek, R. Zelezny & G. F. Hoffmann

  2. DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany

    W. D. Lehmann

  3. NSW Biochemical Genetics Service, New Children's Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    J. W. Hammond

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Mayatepek, E., Zelezny, R., Lehmann, W.D. et al. Defects in the synthesis of cysteinyl leukotrienes: A new group of inborn errors of metabolism. J Inherit Metab Dis 23, 404–408 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005664204956

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