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Chapter 2 - Antenatal counseling

from Section 1 - Genetics and antenatal screening

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

By
Bidyut Kumar  and
Alan Fryer
Edited by
Bidyut Kumar  and
Zarko Alfirevic
Bidyut Kumar
Affiliation:
Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Zarko Alfirevic
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
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Fetal Medicine , pp. 19 - 31
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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