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Fetal Urinary Tract Obstruction

from Section 2: - Fetal Disease: Pathogenesis and Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2019

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Mark D. Kilby ,
Anthony Johnson  and
Dick Oepkes
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. 426 - 437
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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