King George III's urine and indigo blue

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9018, 1996, Pages 1811-1813

  Arnold, Wilfred Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; INDICAN; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; SULFATASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 0029832739     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91622-0     Document Type: Article

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