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Review
. 1999 Aug;104(4):367-8.
doi: 10.1172/JCI8055.

Correction of genetic disease by making sense from nonsense

R J Kaufman  1
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Review

Correction of genetic disease by making sense from nonsense

R J Kaufman. J Clin Invest. 1999 Aug.
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