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Early-age Ndufs4 knockout mice are an inappropriate animal model of Leigh syndrome

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Finsterer, J. Early-age Ndufs4 knockout mice are an inappropriate animal model of Leigh syndrome. Radiol Phys Technol 12, 230–231 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12194-019-00511-z

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