Mitochondrial matters of the brain: the role in Huntington’s disease
✍ Scribed by C. Turner; A. H. V. Schapira
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0145-479X
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