Umbilical cord blood hematological parameters reference interval for newborns from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Pediatrics
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1471-2431
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-021-02722-z