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Original Articles

Sphinganine and sphingosine levels and ratio in urine and blood samples from a Catalonian population, Spain

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Pages 1055-1065 | Received 03 Nov 2010, Accepted 26 Mar 2011, Published online: 01 Jun 2011

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