Diagnosing and managing mild fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly

Contemporary Ob/Gyn

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 98-109

  Ravishankar, V ^a   Copel, Joshua A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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