Influence of gravidity and foetal gender on the value of screening variables in the first trimester of pregnancy
✍ Scribed by Illescas, Tamara; Fernández, Cristina; Ortega, Dolores; de la Puente, Miriam; Coronado, Pluvio; Montalvo, Joaquín
- Book ID
- 121185789
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Volume
- 167
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-2115
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