Taurine transport and transporter localization in peripheral blood lymphocytes of controls and major depression patients

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 583, Issue , 2006, Pages 423-426

  Fazzino, Fili ^a   Urbina, Mary ^a   Mata, Salvador ^b   Lima, Lucimey ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

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EID: 84934434582     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33504-9_48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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