Incontinentia pigmenti in a female conceived by in vitro fertilization.

Am J Med Genet A

Department of Immunology, Institute of General and Molecular Pathology, University of Tartu, and Department of Genetics, United Laboratory, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia.

Published: December 2008

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