Ultrasonography of the endometrium

Ultrasonography in Reproductive Medicine and Infertility

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 97-102

  Dickey, Richard Palmer ^a  

^a The Fertility Institute of New Orleans   (United States)

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EID: 84867604652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511776854.014     Document Type: Chapter

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