Sonography of the Lower Uterine Segment

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-319

  Chie, Lucy ^a   Levine, Deborah ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 64749100096     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2006.01.002     Document Type: Review

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