Consanguinity: Perinatal outcomes and prevention - A view from the Middle East

NeoReviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Yunis, Khalid ^a   El Rafei, Reem ^a   Mumtaz, Ghina ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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EID: 42449153904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/neo.9-2-e59     Document Type: Article

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