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Turner's syndrome and pregnancy: has the 45,X/47,XXX mosaicism a different prognosis? Own clinical experience and literature review

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Pages 668-672 | Received 29 Apr 2010, Accepted 27 Jul 2010, Published online: 05 Oct 2010

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