STin2 VNTR polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene and migraine: pooled and meta-analyses
✍ Scribed by Markus Schürks; Pamela M. Rist; Tobias Kurth
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1129-2369
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