Dietary modification, penetrance, and the origins of congenital malformation.
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SUBMITTER: Gibson G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7071905 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
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Dietary modification, penetrance, and the origins of congenital malformation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200218 10
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