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Current Issues and Therapeutic Prospects

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Human Nucleotide Expansion Disorders

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Usdin, K., Fry, M. (2006). Current Issues and Therapeutic Prospects. 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_12

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