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Extracellar Levers of Taurine in Tumoral, Peritumoral and Normal Brain Tissue in Patients with Malignant Glioma: An Iitraoperative Microdialsis Study

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De Micheli, E. et al. (2002). Extracellar Levers of Taurine in Tumoral, Peritumoral and Normal Brain Tissue in Patients with Malignant Glioma: An Iitraoperative Microdialsis Study. In: Della Corte, L., Huxtable, R.J., Sgaragli, G., Tipton, K.F. (eds) Taurine 4. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 483. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46838-7_67

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