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SERUM BILE ACID LEVELS IN HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIC PATIENTS

E C OSBORN, I D WOOTTON

    Journal of Clinical Pathology
    |March 1, 1964
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    BILE ACIDS AND SALTSBLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSISHYPERCHOLESTEREMIAJAUNDICE

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