Fetal Skin Development

Neonatal Dermatology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-17

  Loomis, Cynthia A ^a   Koss, Tamara ^b   Chu, David ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-3432-2.50004-2     Document Type: Chapter

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