Neuromuscular Disorders
Volume 17, Issue 8 , Pages 655-660 , August 2007

141st ENMC International Workshop Inaugural Meeting of the EURO-Laminopathies Project Nuclear Envelope-linked Rare Human Diseases: From Molecular Pathophysiology towards Clinical Applications 10–12 March 2006, Naarden, The Netherlands

Received 16 March 2007

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doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.04.003

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