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. 1995 Nov;57(5):1250–1252.

Prevalence of Canavan disease heterozygotes in the New York metropolitan Ashkenazi Jewish population.

D Kronn, C Oddoux, J Phillips, H Ostrer
PMCID: PMC1801394  PMID: 7485179

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