A comparison of two methods for routine, accurate determination of apolipoprotein e genotypes

Alzheimer's Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 211-215

  McLeod, Daniel A ^a   Arnott, Barbara ^a   Gaudreault, Nathalie ^a   Boudreau, Suzanne ^b   Pierre Sevigny C A ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

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