Cranial abnormalities

Textbook of Fetal Abnormalities, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 95-141

  Russell, Sarah A ^a,b   McHugo, Josephine M ^c,d   Pilling, David W ^e  

^a St Mary's University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-07416-5.50011-3     Document Type: Chapter

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