Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele is effective: a critical look at the whys

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  2014

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  Pediatric surgery international (Print)

• Publication date

  2014-06-08

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s00383-014-3524-8PMID 24908159
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