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A RAPID Method for Blood Processing to Increase the Yield of Plasma Peptide Levels in Human Blood
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A RAPID Method for Blood Processing to Increase the Yield of Plasma Peptide Levels in Human Blood

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Pharmacokinetics of pancreatic polypeptide in man

T E Adrian, G R Greenberg, H S Besterman

    Gut
    |October 1, 1978
    PubMed

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