Recommendations from the international stroke genetics consortium, part 2: biological sample collection and storage.
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SUBMITTER: Battey TW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4276505 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
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Recommendations from the international stroke genetics consortium, part 2: biological sample collection and storage.
Battey Thomas W K TW Valant Valerie V Kassis Sylvia Baedorf SB Kourkoulis Christina C Lee Chaeyoung C Anderson Christopher D CD Falcone Guido J GJ Jimenez-Conde Jordi J Fernandez-Cadenas Israel I Pare Guillaume G Rundek Tatjana T James Michael L ML Lemmens Robin R Lee Tsong-Hai TH Tatlisumak Turgut T Kittner Steven J SJ Lindgren Arne A Mateen Farrah J FJ Berkowitz Aaron L AL Holliday Elizabeth G EG Majersik Jennifer J Maguire Jane J Sudlow Cathie C Rosand Jonathan J
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