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Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Phospholipids

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    Kathrin M. Engel & Yulia Popkova

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Engel, K.M., Popkova, Y. (2019). Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Phospholipids. In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_198-1

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