Two novel connexin32 mutations cause early onset X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
✍ Scribed by Geir J Braathen; Jette C Sand; Geir Bukholm; Michael B Russell
- Book ID
- 115009463
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 292 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1471-2377
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