A provincial maternal serum screening program for neural tube defects and fetal trisomies
β Scribed by A.R. MacRae; L.C. Allen; A.G. Cherian; H. Heick; S. Krishnan; A.W. Luxton; G. Massarella; S. Tokmakejian
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 235 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9120
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