Mitochondrial dysfunction in a case of fatal infantile cardiomyopathy
β Scribed by J. Marin-Garcia; R. Ananthakrishnan; M. Carta; R. Dubois; J. Gu; M. J. Goldenthal
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0141-8955
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