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20 - Ultrasound to Diagnose and Predict Early Pregnancy Outcome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2017

Roy G. Farquharson
Affiliation:
Liverpool Women's Hospital
Mary D. Stephenson
Affiliation:
University of Illinois College of Medicine
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Early Pregnancy , pp. 196 - 207
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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