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Urea Biosynthesis in the Human Fetal Liver

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There are three types of animals. (1) Ammoniotelic, (2) Uricotelic, and (3) ureotelic. All mammals are Ureotelic.

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  1. Former Biochemist, Central Calcutta Society for Advancement of Human Development and Research, Kolkata, India

    Chameli Ganguly MSc, PhD & Bimal Samanta MSC, PhD (Cal)

  2. Formerly, Department of Biochemistry, National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India

    Gitanjaly Guha Thakurata MSc, PhD (Cal)

  3. UGC Fellow, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, 700017, India

    Chaitali Bhattacharya MSc, PhD (Cal)

  4. Former Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, West Bengal, Kolkata, India

    K. L. Mukherjee MB, PhD (Cal), PhD (Wisconsin)

  5. Dr. Subhas Mukherjee, Chair Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Translational Science, Director General of the Public Cord Blood Bank and Convener of Bidhan Chandra Roy Biorepository, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Niranjan Bhattacharya Dsc, MD, MS, FSOG, FICS, FACS

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Ganguly, C., Samanta, B., Thakurata, G.G., Bhattacharya, C., Mukherjee, K.L., Bhattacharya, N. (2016). Urea Biosynthesis in the Human Fetal Liver. In: Bhattacharya, N., Stubblefield, P. (eds) Human Fetal Growth and Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14874-8_9

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