Prenatal diagnosis may represent a point of entry of genetic science in sub-Saharan Africa: a survey on the attitudes of medical students and physicians from Cameroon.

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Published in Prenat Diagn on August 01, 2006

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Ambroise Wonkam, Fru F Angwafo

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