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Letter

Successful treatment of l-asparaginase-induced severe acute hepatotoxicity using mitochondrial cofactors

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Pages 1670-1674 | Received 02 Aug 2013, Accepted 12 Sep 2013, Published online: 14 Nov 2013

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