Folate and 10-formyltetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase in human and rat retina: Relation to methanol toxicity

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 373-381

  Martinasevic, Mariana K ^a   Green, Mitchell D ^a   Baron, Jeffrey ^a   Tephly, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030447249     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0302     Document Type: Article

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