Muscular dystrophies and myopathies in Arab populations

Genetic Disorders Among Arab Populations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 145-179

  Salih, Mustafa A M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-05080-0_6     Document Type: Chapter

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