The roles and limits of ultrasound in the management of early monozygotic pregnancies

Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 281-284

  Blickstein, I ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chorionicity; Monozygotic pregnancies; Multiple pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646683511     PISSN: 14722240     EISSN: 17438950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14722240108500442     Document Type: Editorial

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