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Hôpital Antoine-Béclère

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Hôpital Antoine Béclère
Hôpital Antoine Béclère

The Hôpital Antoine-Béclère is a public university hospital center (CHU) of the GHU Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris - Paris-Saclay University, located in Clamart in Hauts-de-Seine, France. The hospital specializes in pulmonary arterial hypertension, assisted reproduction, metabolic liver disease in children, Willebrand's disease, and sleep disorders.

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Hôpital Antoine-Béclère
Rue de la Porte de Trivaux, Antony

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Hôpital Antoine Béclère

Rue de la Porte de Trivaux
92140 Antony
Ile-de-France, France
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Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

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