A statistical analysis of the effects of urease pre-treatment on the measurement of the urinary metabolome by gas chromatographymass spectrometry
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ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens
TISSUE(S): Urine
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REPOSITORIES: MetabolomicsWorkbench
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