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Risk factors for transposition of the great arteries in Saudi population

Abdulrahman Alfarhan, Meshari Alquayt, Mohammed Alshalhoub, Muhannad A. Alnahdi, Emad Masuadi and Fahad Alhabshan
Saudi Medical Journal October 2020, 41 (10) 1054-1062; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.10.25418

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