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Review Article| Volume 30, ISSUE 3, P565-571, September 2010

First-Trimester Screening for Chromosomal Abnormalities: Advantages of an Instant Results Approach

  • Mary E. Norton
    Correspondence
    Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, 2238 Geary Boulevard, 7SE, San Francisco CA 94115.
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    Perinatal Genetic Services, The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente, 3505 Broadway, Northern California, Oakland, CA 94611, USA

    University of California, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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