Modeling the pathogenesis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A using patient-specific iPSCs
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE97851 | GEO | 2018/02/14
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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