Serum Acylcarnitines and Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Mark
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Serum Acylcarnitines and Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Mark M. Kushnir, Bori Shushan, William L. Roberts, and Marzia Pasquali ( ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT 84108; 2 MDS SCIEX, Concord, ON, L4K 4V8 Canada; 3 Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132; * author for correspondence: fax 801-584-5207, email [email protected])
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