No association between polymorphism of serotonin transporter gene and depression in Parkinson's disease in Chinese
β Scribed by Jing-Lin Zhang; Jing-Fang Yang; Piu Chan
- Book ID
- 116771272
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 335 KB
- Volume
- 455
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-3940
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