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Maternal metabolic phenotype and risk of down syndrome: Beyond genetics

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 60 KB
Volume: 127A
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-7299
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20648

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