Uniparental maternal disomy 6 in a renal transplant patient
โ Scribed by Ella M. van den Berg-Loonen; Paul Savelkoul; Hans van Hooff; Peter van Eede; Anne Riesewijk; Joep Geraedts
- Book ID
- 116114011
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 668 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0198-8859
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