Taurine: Past, present, and future

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 403, Issue , 1996, Pages 641-650

  Huxtable, Ryan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HYPERACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029951742     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0182-8_71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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