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Rapid identification of primary hyperoxaluria type I patients using a novel, fully automated method for measurement of hepatic alanine: Glyoxylate aminotransferase
V. A. P. Horváth,
V. A. P. Horváth
Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Amsterdam, AMC FO-224, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ The Netherlands
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R. J. A. Wanders
Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Amsterdam, AMC FO-224, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ The Netherlands
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V. A. P. Horváth,
V. A. P. Horváth
Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Amsterdam, AMC FO-224, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this author R. J. A. Wanders,
R. J. A. Wanders
Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Amsterdam, AMC FO-224, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ The Netherlands
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First published: 01 May 1994
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