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Ascorbic acid and alkaptonuria

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  1. Laboratorie de Biochemie Médicale B, Hôpital Necker, F-75743, Paris, Cedex 15, France

    P. Kamoun & M. Coude

  2. Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Cochin, F-75014, Paris, France

    M. Forest

  3. Institut Pasteur, F-75724, Paris, Cedex 15, France

    X. Montagutelli & J. L. Guenet

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Kamoun, P., Coude, M., Forest, M. et al. Ascorbic acid and alkaptonuria. Eur J Pediatr 151, 149 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01958966

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