An evaluation of maternal illnesses in the origin of neural-tube defects
✍ Scribed by Erika Medveczky; Erzsébet Puhó; Andrew E. Czeizel
- Book ID
- 106079878
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 270
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-9128
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