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Prenatal testing for Huntington's disease: a European collaborative study

✍ Scribed by Simpson, Sheila A; Zoeteweij, Moniek W; Nys, Kurt; Harper, Peter; Dürr, Alexandra; Jacopini, Gioia; Yapijakis, Christos; Evers-Kiebooms, Gerry

Book ID
110025291
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
79 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
1018-4813

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