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. 1993 Nov;30(11):889–894. doi: 10.1136/jmg.30.11.889

The glucocerebrosidase locus in Gaucher's disease: molecular analysis of a lysosomal enzyme.

P K Mistry 1, T M Cox 1
PMCID: PMC1016594  PMID: 8301642

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