Mutation Analysis of phenylketonuria in South and Central Portugal: Prevalence of V388M mutation
β Scribed by Paula Leandro; Isabel Rivera; Vera Ribeiro; Isabel Tavares de Almeida; Carlos da Silveira; Maria Celeste Lechner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 276 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1059-7794
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β¦ Synopsis
This paper is dedicated to Prof. Carlos da Silveira as a pioner of the studies on inborn enors of metabolism in Portugal, on the occasion of his Jubilee.
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