Chorein detection for the diagnosis of chorea-acanthocytosis
✍ Scribed by Carol Dobson-Stone; Antonio Velayos-Baeza; Lea A. Filippone; Sarah Westbury; Alexander Storch; Torsten Erdmann; Stephen J. Wroe; Klaus L. Leenders; Anthony E. Lang; Maria Teresa Dotti; Antonio Federico; Saidi A. Mohiddin; Lameh Fananapazir; Geoff Daniels; Adrian Danek; Anthony P. Monaco
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 147 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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