Is there a primary role of the mitochondrial genome in Alzheimer’s disease?
✍ Scribed by Michelangelo Mancuso; Valeria Calsolaro; Daniele Orsucci; Gabriele Siciliano; Luigi Murri
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0145-479X
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