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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2019.062

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Friedreich ataxia: FXN gene expression and its relationship with DNA methylation pattern

Fedotova EYu, Abramycheva NYu, Nuzhny EP, Ershova MV, Klyushnikov SA, Illarioshkin SN
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Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Ekaterina Yu. Fedotova
Volokolamskoe shosse, 80, Moscow, 125367; moc.liamg@avotodefke

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Funding: the study is supported by grant of the Russian Science Foundation (project № 17-75-20211).

Author contribution: all authors contributed to the study and preparation of the article equally, read and approved the final version before publishing.

Received: 2019-08-22 Accepted: 2019-09-13 Published online: 2019-09-26
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