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| Syed Saleem Husain* | |
| Division of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University, Jazan, KSA | |
| *Corresponding Author : | Syed Saleem Husain Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Chemistry Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences Jazan University, Jazan, KSA Tel: 0503655173/0173235109 E-mail: drsaleemsaim@gmail.com |
| Received November 24, 2013; Accepted November 25, 2013; Published November 28, 2013 | |
| Citation: Husain SS (2013) Discretion. Biochem Physiol 2:e119. doi:10.4172/2168-9652.1000e119 | |
| Copyright: © 2013 Husain SS. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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