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Types of cardiac defects in children with Down's syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2006

Silvia Placidi ,
Maria Cristina Digilio  and
Bruno Marino
Silvia Placidi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Maria Cristina Digilio
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Bruno Marino
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 198 - 199
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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