Prevalence of mitochondrial DNA disease in adults
β Scribed by Andrew M. Schaefer; Robert McFarland; Emma L. Blakely; Langping He; Roger G. Whittaker; Robert W. Taylor; Patrick F. Chinnery; Douglass M. Turnbull
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 63
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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