α-Synuclein expression in substantia nigra and cortex in Parkinson's disease
✍ Scribed by Michael Neystat; Timothy Lynch; Serge Przedborski; Nikolai Kholodilov; Margarita Rzhetskaya; Robert E. Burke
- Book ID
- 118281130
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 293 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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