Early Human Development
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 15-19 , January 2012

Best practice guidelines: Fetal surgery

  • Nada Sudhakaran

      Affiliations

    • St Georges Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Uma Sothinathan

      Affiliations

    • Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Shailesh Patel

      Affiliations

    • King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Paediatric Surgery, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 203 299 3350; fax: +44 203 299 4021.

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doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.11.006

Early Human Development
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 15-19 , January 2012

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