Maternal age-speci®c rates of Down syndrome used in serum screening
13q − in a fetus with ultrasonographic diagnosis of exencephaly in the first trimester
✍ Scribed by Yung Hang Lam; Mary Hoi Yin Tang; Lucy Kwai Lin Ng
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 54 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-3851
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