Retrospective study of the parental origin of the extra chromosome in trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome)
✍ Scribed by Markus M. Nöthen; Thomas Eggermann; Jeanette Erdmann; Bernd Eiben; Dieter Hofmann; Peter Propping; Gesa Schwanitz
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 503 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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