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The Sir David Cuthbertson Medal Lecture 1992

The immunological and metabolic effects of L-arginine in human cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Kenneth G. M. Park
Affiliation:
The Department of Surgery, Aberdeen University, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD and The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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