Letter to the Editor
Variations in exon-2 of SBDS gene and its association with aplastic anemia
D. Jain,
D. Jain
Nanobiotechnology, Bioinformatics, & Genomics Lab, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, UP, India
Molecular Genetics Lab, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
Search for more papers by this author A. A. Malik,
A. A. Malik
Molecular Genetics Lab, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
Search for more papers by this author A. Kumar,
A. Kumar
Nanobiotechnology, Bioinformatics, & Genomics Lab, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author B. K. Malik,
B. K. Malik
Nanobiotechnology, Bioinformatics, & Genomics Lab, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author V. Raina,
V. Raina
Molecular Genetics Lab, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
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D. Jain,
D. Jain
Nanobiotechnology, Bioinformatics, & Genomics Lab, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, UP, India
Molecular Genetics Lab, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
Search for more papers by this author A. A. Malik,
A. A. Malik
Molecular Genetics Lab, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
Search for more papers by this author A. Kumar,
A. Kumar
Nanobiotechnology, Bioinformatics, & Genomics Lab, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author B. K. Malik,
B. K. Malik
Nanobiotechnology, Bioinformatics, & Genomics Lab, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, UP, India
Search for more papers by this author V. Raina,
V. Raina
Molecular Genetics Lab, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
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First published: 17 March 2014
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