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Letter to the Editor

Antenatal diagnosis of duodenal atresia in dizygotic twins associated with congenital hearing impairment

Stavros SifakisDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ourania KoukouraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Nikitas MantasDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Eleftheria PapadopoulouDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Maria GrigoriadouDepartment of Genetics, Institute of Child Health, Athens, Greece
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Jiannis HajiioannouENT Department, General Hospital of Piraeus, Greece
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George VlahakisDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Michael B. PetersenDepartment of Genetics, Institute of Child Health, Athens, Greece
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Pages 871-872 | Received 22 Jul 2009, Accepted 14 Oct 2010, Published online: 13 Jan 2011

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