Creatine and Creatine Kinase in Health and Disease
Although creatine was discovered already in the 1830s, it is only in recent years that its crucial role for human health and general well-being has been increasingly realized and appreciated. A number of beneficial health effects have been ascribed to ora
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SUBCELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY SERIES EDITOR J. ROBIN HARRIS, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Creatine and Creatine Kinase in Health and Disease Subcellular Biochemistry Volume 46 Edited by
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and
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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD R. BITTMAN, Queens College, City University of New York, New York, USA D. DASGUPTA, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India H. ENGELHARDT, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Munich, Germany L. FLOHE, MOLISA GmbH, Magdeburg, Germany H. HERRMANN, German Cancer Research Center, He