What are the molecular mechanisms of neural tube defects

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-8

  Corcoran, Jonathan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031913088     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199801)20:1<6::AID-BIES3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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