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Original Article

The effect of fetal pulmonary surfactant production on the apparent microviscosity of amniotic fluid measured by fluorescence polarization

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Pages 41-47 | Received 23 Apr 1982, Accepted 01 Oct 1982, Published online: 17 Mar 2010

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