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Original Article

Maternal periconceptional alcohol consumption and the risk of neural tube defects in offspring: a meta-analysis

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Pages 1673-1679 | Received 11 Feb 2015, Accepted 04 Jun 2015, Published online: 27 Jul 2015

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