Spinal muscular atrophy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 381-385

  Melki, Judith ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0030765349     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199710000-00005     Document Type: Review

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