Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease in a family of Portuguese origin caused by a point mutation in exon 5 of the proteolipid protein gene
โ Scribed by Pratt, Victoria M. ;Boyadjiev, Simon ;Dlouhy, Stephen R. ;Silver, Kenneth ;Kaloustian, Vazken M. Der ;Hodes, M. E.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 306 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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