Limb-body wall complex: a compound anomaly pattern in body-wall defects
โ Scribed by W. Pumberger; A. Schaller; G. Bernaschek
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-0358
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