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Spontaneously High Plasma Taurine Concentration Presages Bad Outcome If Challenged with Ischemia

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Miyamoto, T.A., Miyamoto, M.R. (2006). Spontaneously High Plasma Taurine Concentration Presages Bad Outcome If Challenged with Ischemia. In: Oja, S.S., Saransaari, P. (eds) Taurine 6. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 583. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33504-9_19

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