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Stability of frozen muscle used for mitochondrial enzyme assays

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NADH :

Reduced Niacinamide Adenine Di-nucleotide

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  1. Biochemical Diseases Laboratory, B.C. Children's Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, V6H 3V4, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

    D. A. Applegarth & T. Tong

  2. Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, V6T 2B5, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

    L. A. Clarke

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Applegarth, D.A., Tong, T. & Clarke, L.A. Stability of frozen muscle used for mitochondrial enzyme assays. Eur J Pediatr 153, 142 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959232

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