ELEVATED AMNIOTIC ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN IN CONGENITAL OESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA : REPORT OF A CASE
✍ Scribed by Markku Seppälä; Esko Laes; Marja Harvo-Noponen
- Book ID
- 111150886
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1470-0328
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