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CASE REPORT: Acute Valproate-Associated Microvesicular Steatosis: Could the [13C]Methionine Breath Test Be Useful to Assess Liver Mitochondrial Function?

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Geneva, USA

    Laurent Spahr, Francesco Negro, Oana Marinescu, Martha Jordan, Jean-Louis Frossard & Antoine Hadengue

  2. Division of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital, Geneva, USA

    Francesco Negro & Laura Rubbia-Brandt

  3. Metabolic Solutions Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire

    Keith Goodman

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Spahr, L., Negro, F., Rubbia-Brandt, L. et al. CASE REPORT: Acute Valproate-Associated Microvesicular Steatosis: Could the [13C]Methionine Breath Test Be Useful to Assess Liver Mitochondrial Function?. Dig Dis Sci 46, 2758–2761 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012791832730

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