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Are we getting closer to the role of one-carbon metabolism and methylation in the onset of Down syndrome?

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    Márcia Rodrigues Amorim

  2. Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Marcelo Aguiar Costa Lima

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Amorim, M.R., Lima, M.A.C. Are we getting closer to the role of one-carbon metabolism and methylation in the onset of Down syndrome?. Human Cell 35, 421–422 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13577-021-00631-y

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