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Nutrition Management of Propionic Acidemia and Methylmalonic Acidemia

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Sowa, M. (2022). Nutrition Management of Propionic Acidemia and Methylmalonic Acidemia. In: Bernstein, L.E., Rohr, F., van Calcar, S. (eds) Nutrition Management of Inherited Metabolic Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94510-7_21

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