Ultrasound of Congenital Fetal Anomalies: Differential Diagnosis and Prognostic Indicators

Ultrasound of Congenital Fetal Anomalies: Differential Diagnosis and Prognostic Indicators

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-516

  Paladini, Dario ^a   Volpe, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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