Neural tube defects at separate sites: further evidence in support of multi-site closure of the neural tube in humans
✍ Scribed by Faiz U. Ahmad; Ashok K. Mahapatra
- Book ID
- 116895519
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 418 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-3019
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