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Original Article

Severe Mental Retardation after Large Prenatal Exposures to Bomb Radiation. Reduction in Oxygen Transport to Fetal Brain: A Possible Abscopal Mechanism

Pages 705-711 | Received 26 Feb 1990, Accepted 28 Apr 1990, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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