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Characterization of a low-level unknown isomeric degradation product using an integrated online-offline top-down

Xiang Yu1, Christopher Warme, Dinah Lee

  • 1Structure Elucidation Group, Global Process & Analytical Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories , 556 Morris Ave., Summit, New Jersey 07901, United States.

Analytical Chemistry
|September 6, 2013
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