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Original Articles

Prenatal screening for Down syndrome: popularity, perceptions and factors associated with acceptance or refusal of testing

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Pages 6505-6509 | Received 31 Mar 2020, Accepted 11 Apr 2021, Published online: 28 Apr 2021

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