A genetic epidemiological study of malformations at birth in Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 252-259

  Temtamy, S A ^a   Abdel Meguid, N ^a   Mazen, I ^a   Ismail, S R ^b   Kassem, N S ^b   Bassiouni, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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