New developments in fetal echocardiography

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-83

  Spevak, Philip J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031045488     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199701000-00012     Document Type: Short Survey

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