Homozygosity for a null allele of COL3A1 results in recessive Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
✍ Scribed by Plancke, Aurélie; Holder-Espinasse, Muriel; Rigau, Valérie; Manouvrier, Sylvie; Claustres, Mireille; Van Kien, Philippe Khau
- Book ID
- 109849172
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1018-4813
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