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Review Article| Volume 30, ISSUE 3, P709-720, September 2010

Toxoplasmosis, Parvovirus, and Cytomegalovirus in Pregnancy

  • Deborah M. Feldman
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    Prenatal Testing Center, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford Hospital, 85 Jefferson Street, #625, Hartford, CT 06102, USA
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  • Diane Timms
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    Maternal Fetal Medicine, UConn Health Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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  • Adam F. Borgida
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    Corresponding author.
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    Prenatal Testing Center, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford Hospital, 85 Jefferson Street, #625, Hartford, CT 06102, USA
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