Investigation of Folate Pathway Gene Polymorphisms and the Incidence of Neural Tube Defects in a Texas Hispanic Population
β Scribed by Robert Barber; Stuart Shalat; Kate Hendricks; Brigitte Joggerst; Russell Larsen; Lucina Suarez; Richard Finnell
- Book ID
- 115639673
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1096-7192
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