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Folic acid and the prevention of neural tube defects: A position paper of the national society of genetic counselors

✍ Scribed by Bonnie Jeanne Baty; Leslie Cohen; Lorna Phelps; Marcy C. Speer; Pamela Stengel; Lori Williamson-Kruse

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 495 KB
Volume: 5
Category: Article
ISSN: 1059-7700
DOI: 10.1007/bf01408658

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