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Identification of the 408 valine to methionine mutation in the low density lipoprotein receptor in a German family with familial hypercholesterolemia

✍ Scribed by H. Schuster; H. J. Fischer; C. Keller; G. Wolfram; N. Zöllner


Publisher
Springer
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
265 KB
Volume
91
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-6717

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