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Molecular study of spinal muscular atrophy patients with hybrid genes in Bulgaria

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  1. Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Sofia Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

    I. Kremensky, S. Jankova, E. Bochukova, I. Litvinenko & A. Jordanova

  2. Clinic of Child Neurology, University Paediatrics Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Kremensky, I., Jankova, S., Bochukova, E. et al. Molecular study of spinal muscular atrophy patients with hybrid genes in Bulgaria. J Inherit Metab Dis 22, 322–326 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005512306358

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