Pharmacogenetics of catechol-O-methyltransferase: Frequency of low activity allele in a Ghanaian population
✍ Scribed by Margaret-Mary Ameyaw; Ann-Christine Syvänen; Ismo Ulmanen; David Ofori-Adjei; Howard L. McLeod
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 25 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1059-7794
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