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. 2009 Feb 17;106(7):2093-4.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0812934106. Epub 2009 Feb 11.

Unraveling the sterol-trafficking defect in Niemann-Pick C disease

Stephen L Sturley  1 , Marc C Patterson, Peter Pentchev
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Unraveling the sterol-trafficking defect in Niemann-Pick C disease

Stephen L Sturley et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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