Influence of sex differences on microRNA gene regulation in disease

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sharma, Salil ^a   Eghbali, Mansoureh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84902525912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2042-6410-5-3     Document Type: Review

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