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Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Hereditary Oroticaciduria During a 15 Year Follow-Up Study

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Purine Metabolism in Man—III

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 122B))

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Pyrimidines and purines are vital to the body; each has many important independent functions, as well as being essential components of DNA and RNA.

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  1. Purine Laboratory, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

    D. R. Webster, H. A. Simmonds, C. F. Potter & D. M. O. Becroft

  2. Princess Mary Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    D. R. Webster, H. A. Simmonds, C. F. Potter & D. M. O. Becroft

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  1. Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain

    Aurelio Rapado

  2. M.R.C. Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, England

    R. W. E. Watts

  3. Department of Human Genetics, University of Nijmegen Faculty of Medicine, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Chris H. M. M. De Bruyn

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Webster, D.R., Simmonds, H.A., Potter, C.F., Becroft, D.M.O. (1980). Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Hereditary Oroticaciduria During a 15 Year Follow-Up Study. In: Rapado, A., Watts, R.W.E., De Bruyn, C.H.M.M. (eds) Purine Metabolism in Man—III. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 122B. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8559-2_34

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