Fetoscopic repair of spina bifida: safer and better?
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†Fetal Therapy Program, Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil; ‡Office of the Dean and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; §Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; ¶Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA; **Elizabeth J. Ferrell Fetal Health Center, Fetal Therapy, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA *Correspondence. (e-mail: [email protected])
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