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Research Article

Spectrophotometry of hydroxocobalamin and hemoglobin reveals production of an unanticipated methemoglobin variant

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Pages 545-550 | Received 01 Oct 2007, Accepted 05 Dec 2007, Published online: 20 Jan 2009

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