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Militante, J.D., Lombardini, J.B. (2002). Characterization of Taurine Uptake in the Rat Retina. In: Della Corte, L., Huxtable, R.J., Sgaragli, G., Tipton, K.F. (eds) Taurine 4. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 483. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46838-7_51
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