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Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Therapeutic Prospects

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Alternative Splicing and Disease

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Wirth, B., Brichta, L., Hahnen, E. (2006). Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Therapeutic Prospects. In: Jeanteur, P. (eds) Alternative Splicing and Disease. Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34449-0_6

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