Transcervical flexible endoscopy for first trimester embryonic/fetal evaluation

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-153

  Yin, C S ^a   Liu, J Y ^a   Yu, M H ^a  

^a Tzu Chi Hospital and University   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

First trimester; Human embryo; Human fetus; Transcervical embryofetoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; CHORION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0030220178     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(96)02672-0     Document Type: Article

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