Influence of alcohol on folate status and methionine metabolism in relation to alcoholic liver disease

Folate in Health and Disease, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 429-448

  Halsted, Charles H ^a   Medici, Valentina ^b   Esfandiari, Farah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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