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Original Article

A rapid method for determination of hepatic amino nitrogen to urea nitrogen conversion (‘the functional hepatic nitrogen clearance’)

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Pages 377-383 | Received 15 Nov 1993, Accepted 18 Mar 1994, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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