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01-01-2007 | Letters to the Editors

Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Authors: Patrick F. Chinnery, Catherine Mowbray, Hannah Elliot, Joanna L. Elson, Hannah Nixon, Judith Hartley, Pamela J. Shaw

Published in: Neurogenetics | Issue 1/2007

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Title: Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Authors: Patrick F. Chinnery
Catherine Mowbray
Hannah Elliot
Joanna L. Elson
Hannah Nixon
Judith Hartley
Pamela J. Shaw
Publication date: 01-01-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Neurogenetics / Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 1364-6745
Electronic ISSN: 1364-6753
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10048-006-0066-9

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