Occurrence of CYP2D6 gene duplication in Hong Kong Chinese.
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چکیده
Chinese, Mercè Garcia-Barceló, Lok Yee Chow, Kwok Lim Lam, Helen Fung Kum Chiu, Yun Kowk Wing, and Mary Miu Yee Waye ( Department of Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, and 2 Department of Biochemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; * address correspondence to this author at: Department of Psychiatry, 11/F Room 134045, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; fax 8522646-2284, e-mail [email protected])
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical chemistry
دوره 46 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000