Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms and haplogroups in Parkinson’s disease and control individuals with a similar genetic background
✍ Scribed by Helen Latsoudis; Cleanthe Spanaki; Grigoris Chlouverakis; Andreas Plaitakis
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 218 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-232X
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