Sixteen years' experience of counselling, diagnosis, and prenatal detection in one genetic centre: progress, results, and problems.

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Published in J Med Genet on June 01, 1979

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P E Polani, E Alberman, B J Alexander, P F Benson, A C Berry, S Blunt, M G Daker, A H Fensom, D M Garrett, V M McGuire, J A Roberts, M J Seller, J D Singer

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