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Research Article

Fetal frontomaxillary facial angle between 11 and 13 + 6 weeks of gestation in a Brazilian population: influence of different races

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Pages 1116-1120 | Received 16 Nov 2012, Accepted 25 Jan 2013, Published online: 27 Feb 2013

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