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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - An overview of sphingolipid metabolism: from synthesis to breakdown.	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 07, 2018
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - An overview of sphingolipid metabolism: from synthesis to breakdown.	Grace Young	Apr 22, 2016
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998