Identification of a balanced complex chromosomal rearrangement involving chromosomes 3, 18 and 21 with recurrent abortion: case report
β Scribed by Yaping Liao,Liqun Wang,Ding Zhang,Changqing Liu
- Book ID
- 126380147
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 458 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1755-8166
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