Bloom syndrome: Genetic, cellular, and molecular features as compared to werner syndrome

Chromosomal Instability and Aging: Basic Science and Clinical Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 187-222

  Hu, Peng ^a   Ellis, Nathan A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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