Prenatal diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection: prospective study of 237 pregnancies at risk
✍ Scribed by Corinne Liesnard; Catherine Donner; Françoise Brancart; Françoise Gosselin; Marie-Luce Delforge; Frederic Rodesch
- Book ID
- 117193719
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 95
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0029-7844
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