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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Research Article

S-methyltransferases in human intestine: differential distribution of the microsomal thiol methyltransferase and cytosolic thiopurine methyltransferase along the human bowel

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Pages 671-679 | Received 23 Sep 1992, Accepted 10 Mar 1993, Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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