Early second-trimester sonographic diagnosis of thoracopagus twins
β Scribed by E. Blum; M. Pearlman; Dr. D. Graham
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 185 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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β¦ Synopsis
From the Departments of *Radiology and Obstetrics-Gynecology,t Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, and the SDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. For reprints contact Dr. D. Graham at the
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