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  1. Divisions of Human Genetics and Clinical Genetics, Medical University Innsbruck, Schöpfstr., Innsbruck, 41,6020, Austria

    Johannes Zschocke

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  1. University Children's Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany

    Georg F. Hoffmann

  2. Divisions of Human Genetics and Clinical Genetics, Medical University Innsbruck, Schöpfstr. 41, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria

    Johannes Zschocke (Professor of Human Genetics) (Professor of Human Genetics)

  3. San Diego School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA

    William L. Nyhan

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Zschocke, J. (2010). Function Tests. In: Hoffmann, G.F., Zschocke, J., Nyhan, W.L. (eds) Inherited Metabolic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74723-9_34

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