Foetal chondrodysplasia: Intrauterine diagnosis

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 128-129

  Adesiyun, Adebiyi G ^a,b   Eka, A ^a   Samaila, M O A ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chondrodysplasias; Intrauterine diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPARA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 35449000560     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55720     Document Type: Article

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