Endogenous kynurenines as targets for drug discovery and development.

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Published in Nat Rev Drug Discov on August 01, 2002

Authors

Trevor W Stone1, L Gail Darlington

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, West Medical Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. T.W.Stone@bio.gla.ac.uk

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