Ultrasonography of the cervix

Infertility and Assisted Reproduction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 143-151

  Aboulghar, Mohamed ^a   Rizk, Botros R M B ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84926991108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511547287.019     Document Type: Chapter

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