Choline

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-48

  Zeisel, Steven H ^a   Caudill, Marie A ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

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EID: 84872425710     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.110.1010     Document Type: Note

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