Rapid screening for specific mutations in patients with a clinical diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia
✍ Scribed by Philippa Talmud; Anne Tybjærg-Hansen; Deepak Bhatnagar; Anthony Mbewu; J.Paul Miller; Paul Durrington; Steve Humphries
- Book ID
- 118896527
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 416 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9150
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