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Germaine L Defendi, MD, MS, FAAP Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

Germaine L Defendi, MD, MS, FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics

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Mary L Windle, PharmD Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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Margaret M McGovern, MD, PhD Professor and Chair of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

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Maria Descartes, MD Professor, Department of Human Genetics and Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

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Karl S Roth, MD Retired Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Creighton University School of Medicine

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Nancy E Braverman, MS, MD Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University

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Mary Kay Conover-Walker, MSN, PNP Pediatric Nurse Practioner, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital

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