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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 420763, 3 pages
doi:10.1100/2012/420763
Clinical Study
Umbilical Cord Serum Erythropoietin Levels and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy
1Department of Pediatrics, Vakif Gureba Teaching and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
2Department of Pediatrics, American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Received 27 October 2011; Accepted 11 December 2011
Academic Editors: Y. Asano and J. Luño
Copyright © 2012 Soner Sazak et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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