Live birth prevalence of Down syndrome in Tottori, Japan, 1980–1999
✍ Scribed by Ariko Takeuchi; Hiroaki Ehara; Kyoichi Ohtani; Yoshihiro Maegaki; Yukiko Nanba; Ikuo Nagata; Mitsuo Toyoshima; Akiko Kondo; Shoji Nakai; Kenzo Takeshita; Kousaku Ohno
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 146A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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