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MUTANT MICE (QUAKING AND JIMPY) WITH DEFICIENT MYELINATION IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

R L SIDMAN, M M DICKIE, S H APPEL

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |April 17, 1964
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASESEXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDYHISTOCYTOCHEMISTRYLIPOIDOSISMICEMUTATIONMYELIN SHEATHNEUROCHEMISTRY

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