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The outcome of five years' implementation of maternal serum screening for Down's syndrome comparing actual age risks and mode of delivery

PAT A. WARD, H. WILSON, P. L. WOOD Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust, UK
Pages 257-261 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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