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THIS communication presents a method for the histochemical demonstration of uridine diphospho-glucose dehydrogenase in cartilage. This enzyme system is active in the pathway of synthesis of glucuronic acid1,2.
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BALOGH, K., COHEN, R. Histochemical Localization of Uridine Diphosphoglucose Dehydrogenase in Cartilage. Nature 192, 1199–1200 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921199a0
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