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Research Article

Lovastatin corrects ERK pathway hyperactivation in fragile X syndrome: potential of platelet’s signaling cascades as new outcome measures in clinical trials

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Pages 497-508 | Received 13 Apr 2015, Accepted 11 Feb 2016, Published online: 08 Apr 2016

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