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Pilot Clinical Trial of NT-3 in CMT1A Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2006

Zarife Sahenk
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Neuromuscular program, Columbus, OH, USA; Email: sahenkz@ccri.net

Abstract

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Review Article
Copyright
© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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