A large Japanese family with Machado–Joseph disease: clinical and genetic analysis
✍ Scribed by A. Yoritaka; Y. Nakagawa-Hattori; N. Hattori; A. Kitahara; Y. Mizuno
- Book ID
- 109337008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 292 KB
- Volume
- 99
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6314
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