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Chapter 11 - Sonographic diagnosis of fetal skeletal anomalies

from Section 3 - Fetal anomalies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

By
Lyn S. Chitty ,
Thomas R. Everett  and
Fred Usakov
Edited by
Bidyut Kumar  and
Zarko Alfirevic
Bidyut Kumar
Affiliation:
Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Zarko Alfirevic
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
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Fetal Medicine , pp. 161 - 181
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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