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Photopharmacology and Bilirubin

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  1. University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, 05401, USA

    Jerold F. Lucey & Jean Hewitt

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  1. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Carl A. Goresky M.D. (Professor of Medicine) (Professor of Medicine)

  2. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Murray M. Fisher M.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology) (Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology)

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Lucey, J.F., Hewitt, J. (1975). Photopharmacology and Bilirubin. In: Goresky, C.A., Fisher, M.M. (eds) Jaundice. Hepatology, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2649-6_16

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