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Ten novel mutations of the ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) gene in OTC deficiency

✍ Scribed by Dr. Mitsunobu Shimadzu; Hiroshi Matsumoto; Toshinobu Matsuura; Keiko Kobayashi; Satoru Komaki; Kohji Kiwaki; Ryuuji Hoshide; Fumio Endo; Takeyori Saheki; Ichiro Matsuda

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 262 KB
Volume: 11
Category: Article
ISSN: 1059-7794
DOI: 10.1002/humu.1380110103

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