Detection of a large CTG/CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in a Danish schizophrenia kindred
✍ Scribed by Sirugo, Giorgio; Pakstis, Andrew J.; Kidd, Kenneth K.; Matthysse, Steven; Levy, Deborah L.; Holzman, Philip S.; Párnas, Josef; McInnis, Melvin; Breschel, Theresa; Ross, Christopher A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 9 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
- DOI
- 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19970919)74:5<546::aid-ajmg19>3.0.co;2-c
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