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Duplications of mitochondrial DNA in Kearns–Sayre syndrome

✍ Scribed by Dr. Joanna Poulton; Dr. Karl J. Morten; Dr. David Marchington; Dr. Katharin Weber; Dr. Garry K. Brown; Dr. Agnès Rötig; Dr. Laurence Bindoff

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
493 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0148-639X

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