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. 1997 Feb;60(2):460–463.

The effect of parental gender on the GAA dynamic mutation in the FRDA gene.

L Pianese, F Cavalcanti, G De Michele, A Filla, G Campanella, O Calabrese, I Castaldo, A Monticelli, S Cocozza
PMCID: PMC1712406  PMID: 9012421

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