N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 576, Issue , 2006, Pages 353-359

  Burlina, Alessandro P ^a   Ferrari, Vanni ^b   Burlina, Alberto B ^b   Ermani, Mario ^a   Boespflug Tanguy, Odile ^c   Bertini, Enrico ^d   Baethmann, M ^e   Gartner J ^e   Hanefeld, F ^e   Kohlschutter, A ^e   Lopez Terradas, J M ^e   Peudenier, S ^e   Prats Vinas, J M ^e   Rodriguez, D ^e   Surtees, R ^e   Uziel, G ^e   Vallee, L ^e   Voit, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e NONE

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EID: 84934438561     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-30172-0_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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