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Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism

Effect of St. John’s wort supplementation on the pharmacokinetics of bupropion in healthy male Chinese volunteers

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Pages 275-281 | Received 07 Oct 2009, Accepted 24 Nov 2009, Published online: 26 Jan 2010

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