Monozygotic twins concordant for Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
β Scribed by Qais Ghanem; Saleh Dawod
- Book ID
- 115090042
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 557 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9163
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