A germline mutation of theKIF1Bβgene on 1p36 in a family with neural and nonneural tumors
✍ Scribed by I-Tien Yeh; Romina E. Lenci; Yuejuan Qin; Kalyan Buddavarapu; Azra H. Ligon; Emmanuelle Leteurtre; Christine Do Cao; Catherine Cardot-Bauters; Pascal Pigny; Patricia L. M. Dahia
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 293 KB
- Volume
- 124
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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