Deletion of a Gly-Pro-Pro repeat in the proα2(I) chain of procollagen I in a family with dominant osteogenesis imperfecta type IV
✍ Scribed by Allan M. Lund,Flemming Skovby,Marianne Schwartz
- Book ID
- 118291688
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 657 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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