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. 2004 May;89(3):F200–F203. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.012740

Perinatal pathology in the context of a clinical trial: a review of the literature

C Snowdon, D Elbourne, J Garcia
PMCID: PMC1721684  PMID: 15102719

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