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Chirality Clinical Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Considerations

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore, 10 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 0511

    Edmund J. D. Lee (Associate Professor) & Ken M. Williams

  2. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St. Vincents Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Edmund J. D. Lee (Associate Professor) & Ken M. Williams

  3. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Edmund J. D. Lee (Associate Professor) & Ken M. Williams

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Lee, E.J.D., Williams, K.M. Chirality Clinical Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Considerations. Clin Pharmacokinet 18, 339–345 (1990). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003088-199018050-00001

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