Association of the humanNPPSgene with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine (OPLL)
✍ Scribed by Isao Nakamura; Shiro Ikegawa; Akihiko Okawa; Shin’ya Okuda; Y. Koshizuka; Hiroshi Kawaguchi; Kozo Nakamura; Tsunemaro Koyama; Sumio Goto; Junya Toguchida; Mutsumi Matsushita; Takahiro Ochi; Kunio Takaoka; Y. Nakamura
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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