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    Martin Lammens

  2. 935 Department of Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Hans J. ten Donkelaar

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VU University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    John M. G. van Vugt

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Lammens, M., ten Donkelaar, H.J., van Vugt, J.M.G., van Noort, G., Willemsen, M., Hamel, B. (2006). Causes of Congenital Malformations. In: Clinical Neuroembryology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-34659-7_3

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