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Questions and problems in direct predictive testing for Huntington's disease

✍ Scribed by Tóth, Tamás; Papp, Csaba; Németi, Margit; Papp, Zoltán

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
3 KB
Volume
71
Category
Article
ISSN
0148-7299
DOI
10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19970808)71:2<238::aid-ajmg25>3.0.co;2-e

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