Gene analysis and prenatal diagnosis for two families of congenital factor V deficiency
β Scribed by L. CAO; Z. WANG; H. LI; W. WANG; X. ZHAO; W. ZHANG; J. DING; C. RUAN
- Book ID
- 108775595
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 202 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1351-8216
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