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Dadali E.L.

FGBU Mediko-geneticheskiĭ nauchnyĭ tsentr RAMN, Moskva

Rudenskaia G.E.

Mediko-geneticheskiĭ nauchnyĭ tsentr RAMN

Shchagina O.A.

Mediko-geneticheskiĭ nauchnyĭ tsentr RAMN

Tiburkova T.B.

Mediko-geneticheskiĭ nauchnyĭ tsentr RAMN

Syhorukov V.S.

Obosoblennoe strukturnoe podrazdelenie «Nauchno-issledovatel'skij klinicheskij institut pediatrii» GBOU VPO RNIMU im. N.I. Pirogova Minzdrava Rossii, 125412 Moskva, ul. Taldomskaja, 2

Kharlamov D.A.

Moskovskiĭ NII pediatrii i detskoĭ khirurgii Rosmedtekhnologiĭ

Poliakov A.V.

Mediko-geneticheskiĭ nauchnyĭ tsentr RAMN, Moskva

Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (MCMD1A)

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Dadali E.L., Rudenskaia G.E., Shchagina O.A., Tiburkova T.B., Syhorukov V.S., Kharlamov D.A., Poliakov A.V.

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Dadali EL, Rudenskaia GE, Shchagina OA, Tiburkova TB, Syhorukov VS, Kharlamov DA, Poliakov AV. Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (MCMD1A). S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2010;110(3):83‑89. (In Russ.)

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