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Tryptophan metabolism in schizophrenia
Dilceu Silveira Tolentino Júnior1* ,
Heberson Teixeira da Silva2 ,
Alessandro Martins Ribeiro1 ,
Tales Alexandre Ferreira-Aversi2 ,
Lízia Colares Vilela1
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1
Federal University of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valley, Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais,
Brazil
2
Department of Physics, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Minas Gerais,
Brazil
INNOSC Theranostics and Pharmacological Sciences 2023, 6(2), 0435 https://doi.org/10.36922/itps.0435
Submitted: 13 April 2023 | Accepted: 19 July 2023 | Published: 4 August 2023
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Conflict of interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest that could be perceived as prejudicing the impartiality of the commentary.