Germline mutations of tetranucleotide DNA repeats in families with normal children and reproductive pathology

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 770-778

  Nikitina, T V ^a   Lebedev, I N ^a   Sukhanova, N N ^a   Nazarenko, S A ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 23944444824     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11177-005-0159-9     Document Type: Article

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