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. 1998 Nov;35(11):962–963. doi: 10.1136/jmg.35.11.962

Diagnosis of the CMT1A duplication by PCR based detection of a novel junction fragment.

O Combarros, A Oterino, J Berciano, A Benito, J L Fernández-Luna
PMCID: PMC1051497  PMID: 9832048

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