John T. Martsolf
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Canadian paediatrician
Biography of John T. Martsolf
John T.Martsolf obtained his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1970. He is Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, where he is also Director, division of medical genetics. His main fields of work are medical genetics, clinical delineation of birth defects, and the fetal alcohol syndrome.
We thank Joseph Constantin, France, for information submitted.
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