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Prevalence of trisomy 21 following folic acid food fortification

✍ Scribed by Ray, Joel G. ;Meier, Chris ;Vermeulen, Marian J. ;Cole, David E.C. ;Wyatt, Philip R.

Book ID: 101447681
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 70 KB
Volume: 120A
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-7299
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20161

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