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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 12 and Huntington’s Disease-Like 2: Clues to Pathogenesis

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Human Nucleotide Expansion Disorders

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Margolis, R.L. et al. (2006). Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 12 and Huntington’s Disease-Like 2: Clues to Pathogenesis. In: Fry, M., Usdin, K. (eds) Human Nucleotide Expansion Disorders. Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33336-3_11

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