Alcohol
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 77-81 , October 2001

Chronic ethanol consumption increases homocysteine accumulation in hepatocytes

Received 7 September 2000 ,Revised 9 May 2001 ,Accepted 27 May 2001.

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