Attitudes and opinions of pregnant women who are not offered cystic fibrosis carrier screening
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Cystic fibrosis carrier screening.
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Human Genetics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1018-4813,1476-5438
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.267