Werner Syndrome as a Model of Human Aging

Handbook of Models for Human Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 961-2

  Monnat, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369391-4/50081-3     Document Type: Chapter

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