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Keeping it simple: a “two-step” approach for the fetoscopic correction of spina bifida

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Pedreira, D.A.L. Keeping it simple: a “two-step” approach for the fetoscopic correction of spina bifida. Surg Endosc 24, 2640–2641 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-010-1006-1

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