MTHFR 677C-T polymorphism is not excluded as maternal risk for Down syndrome among Turkish women
✍ Scribed by María Luisa Martínez-Frías; Eva Bermejo; Elvira Rodríguez-Pinilla; David Prieto; Luis Prieto
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 34 KB
- Volume
- 134A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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