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Loads versus tracers for assessing phenylalanine hydroxylase activity using plasma phenylalanine decay curves
Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry
|February 15, 1978
Abstract:
Consideration of the flow of phenylalanine within the body shows that classical phenylalanine load tests for assessing phenylalanine hydroxylase activity cannot usefully be replaced by tracer techniques.

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