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Surgical Correction of Neural Tube Anomalies

from Section 2: - Fetal Disease: Pathogenesis and Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2019

Mark D. Kilby
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Anthony Johnson
Affiliation:
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Dick Oepkes
Affiliation:
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
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Fetal Therapy
Scientific Basis and Critical Appraisal of Clinical Benefits
, pp. 449 - 479
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