Perinatal management of fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma
β Scribed by Miguel Plaza Lloret; Eva Andreu Riobello; Susana Manrique; Nuria Montferrer; Francisca Munar
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 10 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1496-8975
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