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Hoshide, R., Matsuura, T., Komaki, S. et al. Specificity of PCR-SSCP for detection of the mutant ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) gene in patients with OTC deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 16, 857–862 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00714278
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