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. 1994 Apr;71(4 Suppl):20–27. doi: 10.1136/hrt.71.4_suppl.20

Screening for fetal cardiac malformations

Jonathan Wyllie 1, Christopher Wren 1, Stewart Hunter 1
PMCID: PMC483706  PMID: 8011396

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