Sequence variations in the 5′ upstream regions of the FBN1 gene associated with Marfan syndrome
✍ Scribed by Singh, Krishna Kumar; Shukla, Praphulla Chandra; Rommel, Kathrin; Schmidtke, Jörg; Arslan-Kirchner, Mine
- Book ID
- 110026622
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 81 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1018-4813
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