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Chapter 11 - Ultrasound Scanning in the First Trimester of Pregnancy

from Section 3 - Fetal Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2021

By
Juriy W. Wladimiroff
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

The objective of this chapter is to provide information on embryonic and early fetal development in the first trimester of pregnancy.

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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Obstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine
 , pp. 92 - 101
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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