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. 2000 Dec;76(902):754–759. doi: 10.1136/pmj.76.902.754

Sacrococcygeal teratoma in the perinatal period

R Tuladhar 1, S Patole 1, J Whitehall 1
PMCID: PMC1741825  PMID: 11085765

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