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Valproic Acid and Congenital Malformations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

D. Lindhout*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam
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Abstract

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Type
Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1988

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