Catechol- O -Methyltransferase GeneticVariant Associated with the Risk of Alzheimers Disease in a Brazilian Population
✍ Scribed by Pereira, Patricia Araújo; Romano-Silva, Marco Aurélio; Bicalho, Maria Aparecida Camargos; de Moraes, Edgar Nunes; Malloy-Diniz, Leandro; Pimenta, Guilherme José Garcia Santos; Mello, Marina Pena; Bozzi, Isadora Cristine Reis Sguizzato; de Marco, Luiz Armando; Nicolato, Rodrigo; Miranda, Debora Marques
- Book ID
- 118239854
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 245 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1420-8008
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