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Medical Biochemistry in the Era of Competencies: Is it Time for the Krebs Cycle to go?

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    Tracy B. Fulton

  2. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Peter Ronner

  3. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Janet E. Lindsley PhD

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Fulton, T.B., Ronner, P. & Lindsley, J.E. Medical Biochemistry in the Era of Competencies: Is it Time for the Krebs Cycle to go?. Med.Sci.Educ. 22, 29–32 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03341749

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