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Novel functions of vitamin B6

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

David A. Bender
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
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Type
‘Newer aspects of micronutrients’
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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