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Research Article

Hepatotoxicity of ketoconazole in Sprague-Dawley rats: glutathione depletion, flavin-containing monooxygenases-mediated bioactivation and hepatic covalent binding

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Pages 429-441 | Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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