Magnetic biomineralisation in Huntington's disease transgenic mice

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-53

  Beyhum, W ^a   Hautot, D ^a,b   Dobson, J ^b   Pankhurst, Q A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23944520395     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/17/1/008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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