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We go now to the search for the causes of human congenital malformations, the principal objective of teratologic investigation in the present era. The interests and professional backgrounds of those engaged in this quest have been varied – clinical, genetic, epidemiologic, experimental, ecologic; a variegation that has been a strength, but also a detriment in not constituting a unified purpose.
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Kalter, H. (2010). Pioneering Studies. In: Teratology in the Twentieth Century Plus Ten. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8820-8_2
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