Nijmegen breakage syndrome

Chromosomal Instability and Aging: Basic Science and Clinical Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 311-344

  Fritz, Eberhard ^a   Digweed, Martin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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