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Original Article

Diminished Plasma Levels of Vitamin E in Patients with Severe Viral Hepatitis

Alexandra Von Herbay Department of Medicine, GI-unit, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Wilhelm Stahl Department of Physiological Chemistry I, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Claus Niederau Department of Medicine, GI-unit, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Jutta Von Laar Department of Physiological Chemistry I, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Georg Strohmeyer Department of Medicine, GI-unit, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Helmut Sies Department of Physiological Chemistry I, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 461-466 | Received 09 Jan 1996, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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