Abnormalities of the DNA methylation mark and its machinery: an emerging cause of neurologic dysfunction.

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Published in Semin Neurol on September 05, 2014

Authors

Jacqueline Weissman1, Sakkubai Naidu1, Hans T Bjornsson2

Author Affiliations

1: Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.
2: McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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