Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Fetal Aneuploidy in Argentina

AJOB Empirical Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-114

  Otaño, Lucas ^a   Igarzábal, Laura ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CEMIC   (Argentina)

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EID: 84924403978     PISSN: 23294515     EISSN: 23294523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2014.993439     Document Type: Note

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