Ferroptosis-Related Genes in Neurodevelopment and Central Nervous System

Soo-Whee Kim1,2, Yujin Kim1,2, Sung Eun Kim1,2

  • 1Department of Biosystems and Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.

Biology
|January 9, 2021
PubMed

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