Absence of MeCP2 mutations in patients from the South Carolina autism project
β Scribed by Lobo-Menendez, Fe ;Sossey-Alaoui, Khalid ;Bell, Jennifer M. ;Copeland-Yates, Susan A. ;Plank, Sara M. ;Sanford, Stewart O. ;Skinner, Cindy ;Simensen, Richard J. ;Schroer, Richard J. ;Michaelis, Ron C.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 117B
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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