Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the neuromuscular junction: The utrophin link

BioEssays

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 747-750

  Gramolini, Anthony O ^a   Jasmin Bernard, Bernard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031239725     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950190903     Document Type: Review

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