Therapeutic applications of taurine

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-136

  Birdsall, Timothy C ^a,b  

^a Thorne Research Incorporated   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; TAURINE;

EID: 0032039928     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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