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Antenatal Screening/Prenatal Diagnosis

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As care providers for pregnant women and their babies, the ultimate goal is always a healthy mother and a healthy baby.

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  1. Department of Surgical Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK

    Nicola Brindley

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    Robert Carachi

  2. Anatomy & Embryology, Kasr Al Ainy-Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Sameh Helmi Edward Doss

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Brindley, N. (2019). Antenatal Screening/Prenatal Diagnosis. In: Carachi, R., Doss, S. (eds) Clinical Embryology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26158-4_7

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