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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103558

Studies with the Serotonin Precursor, 5-Hydroxytryptophan, in Experimental Animals and Man

J. Davidson, A. Sjoerdsma, L. N. Loomis, and S. Udenfriend

Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics and the Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md.

Laboratory of Pathology and Histochemistry, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Bethesda, Md.

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Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics and the Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md.

Laboratory of Pathology and Histochemistry, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Bethesda, Md.

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Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics and the Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md.

Laboratory of Pathology and Histochemistry, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Bethesda, Md.

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Clinic of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics and the Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md.

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Published November 1, 1957 - More info

Published in Volume 36, Issue 11 on November 1, 1957
J Clin Invest. 1957;36(11):1594–1599. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103558.
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