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Floating-Harbor syndrome in a Kuwaiti patient: a case report and literature review

L Bastaki1, M M H El-Nabi, A S Azab

  • 1Kuwait Medical Genetic Centre, Ministry of Health, Kuwait.

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal = La Revue De Sante De La Mediterranee Orientale = Al-Majallah Al-Sihhiyah Li-Sharq Al-Mutawassit
|October 25, 2007
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