Understanding the varying severity of a collagen disease, osteogenesis imperfecta, through a peptide approach
β Scribed by Madhavi L. Battineni; Wei Yang; Xiaoyan Liu; Jean Baum; Barbara Brodsky
- Book ID
- 117640424
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0945-053X
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