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Fetal Infections

from Section 2: - Fetal Disease: Pathogenesis and Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2019

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