Taurine concentration in human gliomas and meningiomas: Tumoral, peritumoral, and extratumoral tissue

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 583, Issue , 2006, Pages 419-422

  Cubillos, Suzana ^a   Obregón, Francisco ^a   Vargas, María Fernanda ^b   Salazar, Luis Antonio ^b   Lima, Lucimey ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

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EID: 84934440102     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33504-9_47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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