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Types of cardiac defects in children with Down's syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2006

Vladimiro L. Vida
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit of Guatemala, 9a Avenida, 8-00 Zone 11, Guatemala City Guatemala, Central America
Aldo R. Castañeda
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit of Guatemala, 9a Avenida, 8-00 Zone 11, Guatemala City Guatemala, Central America

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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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