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MAIN RESEARCH ARTICLE

Umbilical cord plasma levels of growth-arrest specific protein 6 in intrauterine growth restriction

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Pages 22-26 | Received 14 Sep 2009, Accepted 28 Sep 2009, Published online: 17 Nov 2009

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