Phenotype assignment in symptomatic female carriers of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
✍ Scribed by Stephan Schmidt; Frank Träber; Wolfgang Block; Ewald Keller; Christoph Pohl; Joachim von Oertzen; Hans Schild; Uwe Schlegel; Thomas Klockgether
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 328 KB
- Volume
- 248
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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