Vitamin E and Porphyrin Metabolism in Man

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1971, Pages 411-415

  Nair, Padmanabhan P ^a   Mezey, Esteban ^a   Murty, Hari S ^a   Quartner, Jeffrey ^a   Mendeloff, Albert I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; LEVULINIC ACID; PORPHYRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PORPHYRIA; URINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVULINIC ACIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PORPHYRIA; PORPHYRINS; URINE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0015122375     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1971.00310210087008     Document Type: Article

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