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CAVEAT LECTOR
ASCORBATE FUNCTION AND METABOLISM IN THE HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE
Departments of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, 736 Medical Research Building II, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-6303 USA
Received 11/5/97 Accepted 11/9/97
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