Assessment of FMR1 expression by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction of KH domains

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-173

  Hmadcha, Abdelkrim ^a   De Diego, Yolanda ^a   Pintado, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

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EID: 0032005854     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(98)90160-3     Document Type: Article

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